Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Mesencephalon

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midbrain

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Prosencephalon

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forebrain

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3
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Rhombencephalon

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hindbrain (medulla oblongata and pons)

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4
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What is telencephalon made up of

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cerebral hemispheres (cerebral cortex, subcortical white matter, basal ganglia, basal forebrain nuclei)

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5
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What is diencephalon made up of

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Thalamus and Hypothalamus

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6
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What is mesencephalon made up of

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cerebral peduncle
midbrain tectum
midbrain tegmentum

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7
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What is metecephalon made up of

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pons and cerebellum

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8
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What is myelencephalon made up of

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medulla

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9
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The peripheral nervous system has 2 components. What are they

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somatic and autonomic nervous system

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10
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when you touch a hot plate and quickly withdraw, which system are you using?

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somatic nervous system of the peripheral nervous system

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11
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the autonomic nervous system is divided into 2 subdivisions. What are they

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sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous system

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12
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stem cells

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undifferentiated cells that are able to differentiate into several cell types

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13
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The sensory neuron of the upper gray matter lie in two separate columns. What are they

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somatic and visceral

somatic: somatic sensory neurons take input mostly from the skin, skeletal mm, and joints
visceral: visceral sensory neurons take input from internal organs. Visceral sensory allows us to regulate internal state of organism: eg, temperature, pain, inflammatory, fatigue,

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14
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central pattern generator

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ability to generate movement activity spontaneously

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15
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what is the most posterior region of the brain

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brainstem

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16
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what is the brainstem composed of?

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medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain

17
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what is the brainstem’s most caudal structure ?

A

medulla oblongata

18
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what forms the hindbrain?

A

medulla oblongata and pons

19
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what is the function of the medulla oblongata?

A

involuntary actions such as breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate

20
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the pons relay signals between the ____ and the _____

A

cerebrum and cerebellum

21
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what are the pons involved with?

A

The pons are involuved with breathing, sleeping, swallowing, bladder control, eye movements, facial expressions, hearing, and posture

22
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hindbrain circuits also act as ________ for the _____ and _______

A

Hindbrain circuits also act as central pattern generators for the head and upper body

23
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which area of the midbrain is involved in locating visual stimuli in space? p. 53

A

superior colliculus

24
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an example of a command generator is the midbrain locomotor region. What is the midbrain locomotor region?

A

it is a set of nuclei in the midbrain responsible for initiating locomotor movements

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Why is the command generator in the midbrain?
Placing the command generator in the midbrain allows us to take inputs from both the visual and auditory stimuli, startle reflex, and anterior brain areas responsible for movement
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what is the anteriormost structure of the CNS p 51
cerebrum
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humans have how many pairs of cranial nerves?
Humans have 12 pairs of cranial nerves
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the ______ plays a central role in regulating state of consciousness
reticular formation
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true or false: all cranial nerves emerge from the brainstem
false: all cranial nerves emerge from the brainstem except for I and II. I and II emerge from the cerebrum itself
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what does the forward model of the cerebellum do?
makes predictions of sensory outcome of the motor command. Allows us to use past experiences to make future predictions.
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aside form coordination and balance, what else does the cerebellum help with?
language, memory, and attention
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the ______ is the largest part of the human brain p 61
cerebral cortex: reading, speaking, planning goals for the future
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divides cerebral cortex into left and right hemispheres
longitudinal fissure, a large midsaggital sulcus
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function of corpus callosum
allows left and right hemispheres to communicate with each other