Chapter 12 Highlights Flashcards
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Function of Cerebrum
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- Higher mental functions
- Interprets sensory stimuli
- Plans and initiates movement
2
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Function of Diencephalon
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- Processes, integrates, and relays info
- Maintains homeostasis
- Regulates biological rhythms
3
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Function of Cerebellum
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Monitors and coordinates movement
4
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Function of Brainstem
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- Maintains homeostasis
- Controls certain reflexes
- Monitors movement
- Integrates and relays info
5
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Structures to know
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- Precentral gyrus
- Central sulcus
- Postcentral gyrus
- Primary motor cortex
- Primary somatosensory cortex
- Limbic Lobe
- Hippocampus
- Amygdala
- Corpus callosum
- Fornix
- Thalamus
- Hypothalamus
- Pineal gland
- Fourth ventricle
- Pons
- Medulla oblongata
6
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Function of Limbic Lobe
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Memory formation and retrieval, emotion, and learning
7
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Function of Hippocampus
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Nucleus involved in learning and memory
8
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Function of Amygdala
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Nucleus involved in behavioral expression of emotion, particularly fear
9
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Mesencephalon
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- Tectum contains the corpora quadrigemina
- Superior and inferior colliculi
10
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Nuclei of the mesencephalon
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- Red nucleus
- Substantia nigra
- Cerebral peduncles
- RAS headquarters
11
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Red nucleus
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- Pair of red nuclei due to blood vessels
- Maintain muscle tone and posture
- Uses info from cerebrum and cerebellum
12
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Substantia nigra
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Dark pigmented nuclei release dopamine to inhibit motor impulses from basal nuclei
13
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Cerebral peduncles
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Nerve fiber bundles of ventral surface contains descending motor fibers
14
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RAS headquarters
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- Network of nuclei throughout brainstem
- Screens sensory input, controls alertness and sleep
15
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Parts of the brainstem
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- Diencephalon
- Midbrain
- Pons
- Medulla oblongata
