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Neural plate

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Flat plate of ectodermal tissue on dorsal surface of embryo

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Brain stem includes

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Medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain

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Notochord

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Rod shaped, influences neural plate in embryo

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Neural folds

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Lateral sides of neural plate elevate to become waves

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Neural groove

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Center of the neural plate, the neural crest is the top of the fold

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Neural tube

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Neural crests fuse together to create the neural tube. Becomes the brain and spinal cord.

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Neural crest cells

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Separate from neural crests and create sensory, autonomic and enteric neurons

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Forebrain, hindbrain, midbrain

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Pouches that develop in embryo brain

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Telencephalon

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Embryo- becomes cerebrum and diencephalon

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Midbrain of embryo

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Stays single unit, mesencephalon

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Hindbrain of embryo

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Divides into the metencephalon becoming pons and cerebellum

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Myelencephalon

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From hindbrain- becomes medulla oblongata

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Medulla oblongata

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Most inferior part of brainstem. Vital reflexes: heart rate, blood vessel diameter, respiration, swallowing, vomiting, hiccuping, coughing, sneezing

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Pyramids

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Medulla oblongata. Prominent enlargements

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Olives

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Medulla oblongata. Oval structures protrude anterior surface. Balance, coordination, modulation of sound

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Cranial nerves of medulla oblongata

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V trigeminal, VII facial, IX glossopharyngeal, X vagus, XI accessory, XII hypoglossal

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Pons

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Superior to medulla oblongata. Has ascending and descending tracts.

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Pontine nuclei

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Pons. Relays information from cerebrum to cerebellum. Sleep center, REM, respiratory

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Midbrain cranial nerves

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Smallest region. III oculomotor, IV trochlear, V trigeminal

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Pons cranial nerves

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V trigeminal, VI abducens, VII facial, VIII vestibulocochlear

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Tectum

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Roof of midbrain.

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Corpora quadrigemina

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Four nuclei mounds on tectum

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Colliculus

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Each mound that makes up corpora quadrigemina.

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Superior colliculi

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Pair of colliculus. Receive sensory input from visual, auditory, tactile, reflex movements of head, and cerebrum

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Inferior colliculi

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Pair of colliculus. Hearing, auditory pathway in CNS

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Tegmentum

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Midbrain. Ascending tracts

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Red nuclei

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Midbrain, tegmentum. Unconscious regulation and coordination.

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Cerebral peduncles

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Midbrain, ventral to tegmentum. Descending tracts.

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Substantial nigra

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Midbrain, black substance between tegmentum and cerebral peduncles. Muscle tone and coordination

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Reticular formation

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Several loosely packed nuclei scattered throughout brainstem. Receives sensory from many axons, especially in face. Alertness, consciousness, sleep wake cycle

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Cerebellum, major parts

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(Little brain) flocculondular lobe, vermis, two large lateral hemispheres

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Flocculnodular

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Cerebellum, control balance and eye movements

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Vermis

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Cerebellum, posture, locomotion, fine motor coordination

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Lateral hemispheres of cerebellum

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Work with frontal lobes on planning, practicing, learning complex movements

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Primary fissure

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Divides lateral hemispheres of cerebellum. Anterior, posterior

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Superior, middle, inferior cerebellar peduncles

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Three tracts that connect the cerebellum with midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata.

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Folia

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Cerebellar Cortex ridges

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Arbor vitae

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Cerebellum. White matter of medulla resembles a branching tree

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Nuclei of cerebellum

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Located deep inferior center of white matter.

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Purkinje cells

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Cerebellum, receive 200,000 synapses, inhibitory neurons. Only cerebellar cortex neurons that send axons to cerebellar nuclei.

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Diencephalon

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Between brainstem and cerebrum. Includes thalamus, subthalamus, epithalamus, hypothalamus

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Thalamus

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Diencephalon, largest part. Sensory relay center. All sensory except smell.

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Interthalamic adhesion

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Stalk that connects lateral portions of thalamus. Third ventricle of the brain.

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Dorsal tier

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Thalamus, axons that originate in central posterior nucleus that registers pain.

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Thalamus functions

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Also influences mood, actions of strong emotions fear and rage

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Subthalamus

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Small, inferior to thalamus. Ascending and descending tracts. Associated with basal nuclei, control motor functions

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Epithalamus

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Consists of habenula and pineal gland

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Habenula

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Epithalamus, sense of smell, emotional and visceral response to odor

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Pineal gland

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Epithalamus, sleep-wake cycle and other biorhythms

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Hypothalamus

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Most inferior portion of diencephalon. Control center of endocrine system, body temperature (sweating, shivering) hunger, thirst, sex drive, mood, motivation, emotion

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Mammillary bodies

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Hypothalamus, olfactory reflexes, emotion response to odors, memory

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Infundibulum

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Hypothalamus, connects hypothalamus to pituitary gland

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Longitudinal fissure of cerebrum

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Divides into left and right hemispheres

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Gyri

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Folds, increase surface area on cerebrum

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Sulci

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Grooves between gyri

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Central sulcus

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Cerebrum, divides into anterior and posterior.

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Precentral gyrus

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Anterior part of cerebrum. The primary motor cortex

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Postcentral gyrus

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Posterior cerebrum, The primary somatic sensory cortex

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Frontal lobe

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Voluntary motor function, motivation, aggressions, smell, mood

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Prefrontal cortex

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Anterior region of frontal lobe. Personality, decision making

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Parietal lobe

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Major receiving and evaluating center for sensory information. NOT smell, hearing, taste, vision

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Occipital lobe

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Receiving and integrating visual input

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Temporal lobe

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Relieves and evaluates input for smell and hearing and important to memory

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Lateral fissure

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Separates the temporal lobe

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Insula

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Deep within lateral fissure. Received and evaluates taste information. Often called fifth lobe

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Cerebral medulla

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White matter of the brain between cortex and nuclei.

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Association fibers

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Connect areas of cerebral cortex within same hemisphere

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Commissural fibers

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Connects one cerebral hemisphere to another (CORPUS CALLOSUM)

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Projection fibers

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Connect cerebrum to other parts of brain and spinal cord. Forms the internal capsule.

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Basal nuclei

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Group of functionally related nuclei located bilaterally in the inferior cerebrum, diencephalon, midbrain. Motor functions

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Limbic system

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Cerebrum and diencephalon. Basic survival functions: memory, reproduction, nutrition.

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Meninges

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3 connective tissue membranes; periosteal dura, menu heal dura, dura mater

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Dural folds

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Tough connective tissue partitions that extend into major brain fissures

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Falx cerebri

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Largest dura fold in longitudinal fissure, anchors to crusts Galli

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Tentorium cerebelli

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Dura fold, horizontal between cerebrum and cerebellum

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Dural venous sinuses

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Spaces that form where the two layers of dura mater are separated from each other. Transports blood and CSF away from brain to jugular veins

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Superior Sagittal sinus.

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Largest dura venous sinuses

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Septa pellucida

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Separates lateral ventricles of cerebrum

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Fourth ventricle

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In the inferior part of pontine region and superior of the medulla oblongata at the base of cerebellum

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Cerebral aqueduct

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Third ventricle communicates with fourth ventricle. Extends length of spinal cord.

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Cerebral spinal fluid

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Clear, similar to plasma without proteins. Baths and cushions CNS. 80-90% specialized ependymal cells

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Choroid plexus

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Ependymal cells, support tissue, blood vessels

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Median and lateral apertures

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Allow CSF to pass from fourth ventricle to subarachnoid space

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Internal carotid arteries

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Ascend to the head along the anterior-lateral part of the neck

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Vertebral arteries

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Blood ascends through posterior part of the neck through transverse formina of cervical vertebrae

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Basilar artery

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Vertebral arteries join to form, lies on ventral surface of pons

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Cerebral arterial circle

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Basilar artery and internal carotid arteries. Branches from basilar arteries supply brain

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Cerebral cortex blood supply

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Anterior, middle, posterior cerebral arteries

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Cranial nerves has one or more functions

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Sensory, somatic motor, parasympathetic

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Somatic motor

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Control of skeletal muscles

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Proprioception

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Informs brain about the position of various body parts

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Parasympathetic

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Regulation of glands, smooth muscles, cardiac muscle

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Cranial nerves I and II

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Olfactory, optic

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Oculomotor III

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Innervates four of six muscles that move eyeball

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Trigeminal nerve V

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Somatic motor nerve, proprioceptive, cutaneous sensory. Allows chewing food without biting tongue or cheek

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Trochlear nerve IV

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Somatic motor nerve. One of six eye ball muscles

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Sensory cutaneous innervation

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Trigeminal V, sensory to blood vessels in meninges associated with migraine and headache

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Alveolar nerves

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Innervates the teeth (comes from V)

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Abducens nerve VI

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Somatic nerve that innervates one of six muscles in eyeball

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Facial nerve VII

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Somatic, sensory, parasympathetic. Facial expressions, middle ear, two hyoid muscles, taste in 2/3 of tongue, spit, tears

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Vestibulocochlear nerve VIII

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Sensory, inner ear, balance, special senses

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Glossopharyngeal nerve IX

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Somatic, sensory, parasympathetic. Pharynx, spit, taste in 1/3 of tongue, middle ear and carotid arteries

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Vagus nerve X

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Soft palate, pharynx, larynx, taste I. Root of tongue, aortic arch (monitor blood) heart, lungs, kidneys, abdomen

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Accessory nerve XI

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Somatic, both cranial and spinal roots. Same as vagus nerve, but also sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles

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Hypoglossal nerve XII

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Somatic, intrinsic tongue muscles, thyrohyoid and geniohyoid muscles

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