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Chapter 14: the Brain& Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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Summarize the most important function of human brain (receive information)

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To control the movements of the body (determine what you are going to do in the future, impact the world by planned movements )

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Three major portions of the brain

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Cerebrum , Cerebellum, Brainstem

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is 83% of brain volume, cerebra hemisphere

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Cerebrum

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contains 50% of the neurons; second largest brain region, located in posterior cranial fossa
10% mass of brain
motor control, movement

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Cerebellum

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is the portion of the brain that remains id the cerebrum and cerebellum are removed, diencephalon, midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata

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Brainstem

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deep groove that separates cerebral hemispheres

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Longitudinal fissure

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think folds that make up the brain

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Gyri (gyrus)

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shallow grooves in between the folds

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Sulci (sulcus)

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thick nerve bundle at boot, of longitudinal fissure that connects hemispheres

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Corpus callosum

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the seat of neuron cell bodies, dendrites, and synapses
Dull white(grayish) color when fresh due to little myelin
forms surface layer CORTEXT over cerebrum and cerebellum (over all fold)
Forms NUCLEI deep within brain

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Gray matter

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bundles of axons
Lies DEEP TO CORTICAL GRAY MATTER, opposite relationship spinal cord
Pearly white color from Myelin around nerve fibers
Composed of TRACTS, or bundles of axons, that connects one part of the brain to another, and to the spinal cord

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White matter

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three connective tissue membranes that envelop the brain
Lies between the nervous tissue and bone
they are the DURA MATER, ARACHMOID MATER, and the PIA MATER
Protect the brain and provide structural framework for its arteries and veins

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Meninges

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in cranial cavity; has two layers
outer PERIOSTEAL
Inner MENINGEAL
Creates DURAL SINUSES

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Dura Mater

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equivalent to periosteal of cranial bones

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Periosteal

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Continues into vertebral canal and forms Dural sac around spinal cord

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meningeal

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pockets of cervical spinal fluid

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Dural Sinuses

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transparent membrane over brain surface

spider web like

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Arachnoid mater

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Very think membrane that follows contours of brain, even dipping into sulci
not usually visible without a microscope (so thin you cant observe)
Both involved with circulation, production and reabsorption of the CSF

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Pia mater

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inflammation of the meninges
serious disease of infancy and childhood
Caused by bacterial and virus invasion of the CNS by way of the nose and throat
Pia mater and Arachnoid are most often affected
Bacterial___

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Meningitis

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can cause swelling of the brain enlargement of the ventricles, and hemorrhage
comes thru blood, no blood brain barrier
swellings what kills

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Bacterial Meningitis

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spongy mass of blood capillaries on the floor of each ventricle

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Choroid plexus

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neuroglia that lines the ventricles and covers choroid plexus
Produces CSF

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Ependyma

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clear, colorless liquid that fills the ventricles and canals of CNS
Bathes its external surface (purpose)
100 to 160 mL normally present at one time (replaces 4X a day)
Production begins w/ filtration of blood plasma thru the capillaries of the brain

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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

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Buoyancy
Protection
Chemical stability are functions of what
Big 3

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CSF

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Allows brain to attain considerable size without being impaired by its own weight
Brainfloats

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Buoyancy

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Protects the brain from striking the cranium when the head is jolted

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Protection

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Flow of CSF rinses away metabolic wastes from nervous tissue and homeostatically regulates its chemical environment
Right amount of ions Na, K, Ca

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Chemical stability

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encourage endothelial cells to move together to prevent infection ; destroy anything they don’t like

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Perivascular feet

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is also a source of antibodies, macrophages, bacterial toxins, and other harmful agents

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blood

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strictly regulates what substances can get from the bloodstream into the tissue fluid of the brain
Induce the endothelial cells
Astrocytes contact capillaries

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Brain barrier system

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reach out and contact capillaries with their perivascular feet

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Astrocytes (blood brain barrier)

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Induce the ______ cells to form tight junctions that completely seal off gaps between them

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endothelial (blood brain barrier)

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Blood capillaries throughout the brain tissue

Capillaries of the choroid plexus (of the ventricles)

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Two points of entry must be guarded (Blood brain barrier)

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to water , glucose, and lipid-soluble substances such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, and anesthetics ( pass thru blood barrier easily)
Obstacle for delivering medications such as antibiotics and cancer drugs (don’t pass thru blood brain barrier )

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Blood barrier system is highly permeable

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places in the third and fourth ventricles where the barrier is absent
Blood has direct access to the brain ( 3rd & 4th Ventricle)
Enables the brain to monitor and respond to fluctuations in blood glucose, pH, osmolarity, and other variables

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Circumventricular organs (CVOs)

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Hindbrain – Pons, Cerebellum, and Medulla oblongata
Midbrain – Midbrain
Forebrain – Thalamus, Hypothalamus, and Cerebrum

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Brain parts from an embryological perspective

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Thalamus, Hypothalamus, and Cerebrum

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Forebrain

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Midbrain

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Midbrain

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Pons, Cerebellum, and Medulla oblongata

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Hindbrain

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Begins at foramen magnum of the skull
Slightly wider than spinal cord
All nerve fibers connecting the brain to the spinal cord pass through the medulla

Contains cardiac, vasomotor, and respiratory centers

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Medulla Oblongata

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Cardiac center 
Adjusts rate and force of heart
Vasomotor center 
Adjusts blood vessel diameter
Respiratory centers 
Control rate and depth of breathing
Reflex centers (autonomic ally) 
For coughing, sneezing, gagging, swallowing, vomiting, salivation, sweating, movements of tongue and head
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Functions of the Medulla Oblongata

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Adjusts rate and force of heart

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Cardiac center

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Adjusts blood vessel diameter

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Vasomotor center

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Control rate and depth of breathing

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Respiratory centers

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For coughing, sneezing, gagging, swallowing, vomiting, salivation, sweating, movements of tongue and head

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Reflex centers

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Pathways in and out of cerebellum

Contains additional nuclei concerned with sleep, respiration, posture
is the function of

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Pons

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Short segment of brainstem that connects the hindbrain to the forebrain
Contains continuations of the reticular formation
(middle of everything ; midbrain& forebrain)

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Midbrain

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Loosely organized web of gray matter that runs vertically through all levels of the brainstem
SOMATIC MOTOR CONTROL
Integrates visual, auditory, and balance and motion stimuli into motor coordination functions of
Group of grey matter that goes thru all parts of brain

Cardiovascular control
Pain modulation(ramping &duliness of pain )
Sleep and consciousness(walking or putting you to sleep)
Habituation(Dulls stimuli higher stimuli )

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Reticular Formation

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The largest part of the hindbrain and the second largest part of the brain as a whole

Consists of right and left cerebellar hemispheres connected by vermis

Cortex of gray matter with folds (folia) and four deep nuclei in each hemisphere

Contains more than half of all brain neurons—about 100 billion

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Cerebellum

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Monitors muscle contractions and aids in motor coordination
Planning and scheduling tasks(4th dimension)
Evaluation of sensory input
Spatial perception and comprehension of different views of three-dimensional objects belonging to the same object
Timekeeping center(4th d)
Predicting movement of objects
Ex. Basketball goal

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Cerebellum Functions

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ovoid mass on each side of the brain perched at the superior end of the brainstem beneath the cerebral hemispheres
Composed of at least 23 nuclei
(cerebral Cortex to the Cerebellum)

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Thalamus

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“Gateway to the cerebral cortex”: filters information on its way to cerebral cortex

Plays key role in motor control by relaying signals from cerebellum to cerebrum and providing feedback loops between the cerebral cortex and the basal nuclei (discussed later)

Involved in the memory and emotional functions of the limbic system (discussed later)

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Functions of the Thalamus

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Major control center of autonomic nervous system and endocrine system
Plays essential role in homeostatic regulation of all body systems

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Hypothalamus

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Hormone secretion
Controls anterior pituitary
Regulates growth, metabolism, reproduction, and stress responses
Hormone secretion
Controls anterior pituitary
Regulates growth, metabolism, reproduction, and stress responses
Autonomic effects
Influences heart rate, blood pressure, gastrointestinal secretions, motility, etc.
Thermoregulation
Hypothalamic thermostat monitors body temperature
Food and water intake
Rhythm of sleep and waking
Controls 24-hour (circadian) rhythm of activity
Emotional behavior
Anger, aggression, fear, pleasure, and contentment

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Functions of hypothalamic nuclei

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largest and most conspicuous part of the human brain
Seat of sensory perception, memory, thought, judgment, and voluntary motor actions
Two cerebral hemispheres divided by longitudinal fissure
Connected by white fibrous tract, the corpus callosum
Gyri and sulci: increase amount of cortex in the cranial cavity(Increase surface area)
Some sulci divide each hemisphere into five lobes named for the cranial bones overlying them

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Cerebrum

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Frontal lobe
Voluntary motor functions
Motivation, foresight, planning, memory, mood, emotion, social judgment, and aggression
Parietal lobe
Receives and integrates general sensory information, taste, and some visual processing
Occipital lobe
Primary visual center of brain
Temporal lobe
Areas for hearing, smell, learning, memory, and some aspects of vision and emotion
Insula (hidden by other regions)
Understanding spoken language, taste and sensory information from visceral receptors

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Five lobes of the Cerebrum

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Voluntary motor functions
Motivation, foresight,
planning, memory, mood, emotion, social judgment, and aggression

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Frontal Lobe

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Receives and integrates general sensory information, taste, and some visual processing

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Parietal lobe

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Primary visual center of brain

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Occipital lobe

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Areas for hearing, smell, learning, memory, and some aspects of vision and emotion
(Limpic system)

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Temporal lobe

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Understanding spoken language, taste and sensory information from visceral receptors
(comes from gut)

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Insula (hidden by other regions)

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Association tracts
Projection tracts
Commissural tracts

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Three types of tracts for Cerebral White Matter

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Connect different regions within the same cerebral hemisphere

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Association tracts

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Extends vertically between higher and lower
brain
(up and down )

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Projection tracts

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Cross from one cerebral hemisphere through bridges called commissures
Most pass through corpus callosum
Enables the two sides of the cerebrum to communicate with each other
(left to right)

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Commissural tracts

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Cerebral cortex
Basal nuclei
Limbic system

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Cerebral gray matter found in three places

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Neural integration is carried out in the

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gray matter of the cerebrum

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layer covering the surface of the hemispheres
Only 2 to 3 mm thick
Cortex constitutes about 40% of brain mass
(Outer most layer, lots of Neurons, pack many neurons into tight space)

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Cerebral cortex

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six-layered tissue that constitutes about 90% of the human cerebral cortex
Relatively recent in evolutionary origin
(organization- system of neurons)

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Neocortex

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masses of cerebral gray matter buried deep in the white matter, lateral to the thalamus
Involved in motor control
(motor function movement)

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basal nuclei

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important center of emotion and learning
Most anatomically prominent components are:
Cingulate gyrus
Hippocampus
Amygdala

Also structures have centers for both gratification and aversion
Gratification
Aversion

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Limbic system

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in the medial temporal lobe; memory

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Hippocampus

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immediately rostral to the hippocampus; emotion

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Amygdala

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sensations of fear or sorrow

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Aversion

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sensations of pleasure or reward

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Gratification

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Higher brain functions—sleep, memory, cognition, emotion, sensation, motor control, and language
Involve interactions between cerebral cortex and basal nuclei, brainstem, and cerebellum
****Functions of the brain do not have easily defined anatomical boundaries
Integrative functions of the brain focus mainly on the cerebrum, but involve combined action of multiple brain levels

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Integrative Functions of the Brain

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monitors surface electrical activity of the brain waves
Useful for studying normal brain functions as sleep and consciousness
In diagnosis of degenerative brain diseases, metabolic abnormalities, brain tumors, etc.

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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Awake and resting with eyes closed and mind wandering
Suppressed when eyes open or performing a mental task
(Relitive to an Adult; syignals per sec)

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Alpha waves 8 to 13 Hz

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Eyes open and performing mental tasks

Accentuated during mental activity and sensory stimulation

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Beta waves 14 to 30 Hz

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Drowsy or sleeping adults
If awake and under emotional stress

right before sleep or if under stress

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Theta waves 4 to 7 Hz

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Deep sleep in adults

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Delta waves (high amplitude)

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Brain glycogen and ATP levels increase in non-REM sleep(replenish ATP &glycogen)
Memories strengthened in REM sleep (hippocampus and thalamus)
Synaptic connections reinforced( adenine)

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Purpose of Sleep

Who do we sleep?

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Bed rest alone does not have the restorative effect of sleep—why must we lose consciousness?

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To stay safe

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the range of mental processes by which we acquire and use knowledge
Such as sensory perception, thought, reasoning, judgment, memory, imagination, and intuition

Be familiar with following functions and the areas of the brain that allow for a particular component of cognition.

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Cognition

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planning our responses and personality; ability to execute appropriate behavior
(most of how we think/ separates us from other species)

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Frontal lobe association (prefrontal cortex) area

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identifying stimuli

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Temporal lobe association area

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perceiving stimuli

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Parietal lobe association area

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acquiring new information

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learning

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information storage and retrieval

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memory

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eliminating trivial information; as important as remembering

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forgetting

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Learning
Memory
forgetting

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Information management entails

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defects in declarative memory: inability to describe past events

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Amnesia

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ability to tie one’s shoes

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Procedural memory

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unable to store new information

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Anterograde amnesia

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person cannot recall things known before the injury

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Retrograde amnesia

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(temporal lobe) important memory-forming center
Does not store memories
Organizes sensory and cognitive information into a unified long-term memory
-most important memories & sends to cerebral cortex decides what is important ( thalamus does same thing)

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Hippocampus

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Long-term memories are stored in various areas of the cerebral cortex and other gray matter (stores memory)

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Cerebral Cortex

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Vocabulary and memory of familiar faces stored in superior

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temporal lobe

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Memories of one’s plans and social roles stored in the

plans

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prefrontal cortex

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helps learn motor skills (Procedural memory)

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Cerebellum

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Emotional feelings and memories are interactions between

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prefrontal cortex and hypothalmus (limpic system)

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seat of judgment, intent, and control over expression of emotions

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Prefrontal cortex

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___come from hypothalamus and amygdala

Nuclei generate feelings of fear or love

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Feelings

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receives input from sensory systems and stores and integrates emotional memory
one output goes to hypothalamus & other output to prefrontal cortex

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Amygdala

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influencing somatic and visceral motor systems

Heart races, raises blood pressure, makes hair stand on end, induces vomiting

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One output goes to hypothalamus

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important in controlling expression of emotions
Ability to express love, control anger, or overcome fear
Lie detector tests

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Other output to prefrontal cortex

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_shaped by learned associations between stimuli, our responses to them, and the reward or punishment that results

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Behavior

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limited to the head and employ relatively complex sense organs

Vision
Hearing
Equilibrium
Taste and smell
(info we receive to brain)
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Special senses

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distributed senses

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General (somatosensory, or somatic) senses

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olfactory association area

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bottom of frontal lobe

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visual association are, primary visual cortex

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occipital lobe

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Primary auditory cortex, auditory association area

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temporal lobe

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Several sites where sensory input is first received and one becomes conscious of the stimulus
Central sulcus
incoming information

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Primary sensory cortex or Postcentral Gyrus

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nearby to sensory areas that process and interpret that sensory information

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Association areas

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which resembles an upside-down sensory map of the contralateral side of the body

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Sensory homunculus—diagram of the primary Somatosensory cortex (post central gyrus)

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point-to-point correspondence between an area of the body and an area of the CNS
ex. toe to brain

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Somatotopy

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Intent to contract muscles begins in Motor Association (premotor) (plans how much force) . Program and plan sent to primary motor cortex which is in the precentral gyrus.

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Primary motor cortex or Precentral Gyrus

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**Permits recognition of spoken and written language and creates plan of speech
When we intend to speak, Wernicke area formulates phrases according to learned rules of grammar

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Wernicke area

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**Generates motor program for the muscles of the larynx, tongue, cheeks, and lips

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Broca area

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the difference in the structure and function of the cerebral hemispheres

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Cerebral lateralization

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categorical hemisphere
Specialized for spoken and written language
Sequential and analytical reasoning (math and science)
Breaks information into fragments and analyzes it in a linear way

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Left hemisphere

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representational hemisphere
Perceives information in a more integrated holistic way
Seat of imagination and insight
Musical and artistic skill
Perception of patterns and spatial relationships
Comparison of sights, sounds, smells, and taste

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Right hemisphere

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Advantage?

of Cerebral Lateralization

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Multitasking; ex squirrel thinks about prettier while looking for food

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using a series of conventional x-rays to image the body in numerous sections rather than one 2d image.

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X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT scan)

125
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visualize increases in blood flow when brain areas are active
Injection of radioactively labeled glucose
Busy areas of brain “light up”

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Positron emission tomography (PET) and MRI

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swallowing of radioactive glucose molecule Carbon 11 unstable positron electron(+) releases gamma radiation waves and that’s what the machine detects

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PET

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looks at increase in blood flow to an area (additional glucose is needed in active area)—magnetic properties of hemoglobin depend on how much oxygen is bound to it (additional oxygen is there due to additional blood flow)
Quick, safe, and accurate method to see brain function

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

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shifts molecules magnetic +/- the machine detects those but how this happens is that the
blood flow neurons needs astrocytes glutmate to glutamine , glucose makes ATP increases blood flow to area w/ more oxygen on hemoglobin which increases oxygen to area and magnetic field detects by that action

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MRI

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