Chapter 2 Flashcards
Horizontal Plane
Looking down or up at a horizontal slice
Coronal
Looking at the front or the back
White Matter
Myelination (wrapped around axons) projections out from cell bodies. very few cell bodies but a lot of axons projecting out.
Gray Matter
A bunch of cell bodies that are not myelinated so that they talk with each other in close proximity.
Afferent axons
Sensory- in and up (on the dorsal aspect)
Efferent axons
Motor- down and out (on the ventral aspect)
three areas of the central nervous system
Spinal region, Brainstem/cerebellum region, Cerebral region.
Spinal region
8,12,5,1 with 31 spinal segments
Spinal roots
Dorsal Root and Ventral Root
Dorsal horn
Sensory cell bodies
Ventral horn
motor cell bodies
columns
white matter (high concentration of myelin)
Brainstem- Medulla
Most inferior piece of the brainstem.
Pyramids of the medulla
Two rounded ridges right down the midline
Pyramidal Decussation
a crossing the motor axons (left brain to right body and vice versa) similar crossing on dorsal aspect for sensory.
Pons
is full of cell bodies that make a copy of how you intend to move and send that copy to the cerebellum.
Midbrain
a grouping of white matter that connects to the cerebrum. Helps connect the head with the rest of the body (motor function)
Cerebral Peduncle
Two arms that stick up like the Y in YMCA.
Vital Centers
the pons and medulla contain autonomic vital centers that control our viscera. also contains centers of the brain that keep you awake- brainstem is vital.
Cerebellum
Compares what you meant to do with what you are really doing and if those don’t match it helps to correct your movement. It ensures your movement.
vermis
Midline of the cerebellum (helps to coordinate our core
Two hemispheres of cerebellum
contain all the cells that help coordinate the movements of our arms and legs.
Peduncles
code for a bundle of myelinated axons (white matter). COnnect the cerebellum to the rest of the nervous system. 3 bundles of peduncles on each side (superior, middle, inferior).
Cranial Nerves
look up
Cerebrum- Diencephalon- Thalamus
a cluster of cell bodies that are part of the sensory pathway. a bit back behind center. Thalamus proper is right at the midline and just posterior from center. white oval cluster of cells. Sensory system
Basal Ganglia
cluster of cells at the base of the brain. left and right of midline and a little forward of center. Help you to plan movement (what muscles, how fast, what force)
Gyrus
out folding or little mountain on the surface of the cerebral cortex
Fissure
A deep separation generally between hemispheres or other big structures/separate structures.
Sulcus
An in folding or a shallow valley
Cerebrum- Frontal lobe
cells of motor function- voluntary motor function, a big cluster of cells that help us control executive function/thinking
Parietal lobe
cells of sensory function- somatosensory (body sensation) somato sensation
Temporal lobe
help with auditory function
Occipital lobe
help with visual functions
Limbic lobe
closely surrounds/applied over the 4 eggs (part of our primal brain)- emotions and memory
Insular lobe
gets folded in- buried under the frontal and parietal/temporal- helps with olfaction