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Chapter 2: Anatomy of Nervous System Flashcards

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1
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The two classes of cells that make up nervous system

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Neurons and Glia

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Neurons

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Cells specialized for the reception, integration and transmission of information

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What form does information take in neurons?

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Electrochemical signals

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Glia

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Cells that function in support, waste removal, formation of myelin sheath, promotion of neuron growth and guidance

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Plasma Membrane

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  • Lipid bilayer (2 layers of fat)
  • Semi-permeable (only some compounds get through)
  • Protein channels
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Soma

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Cell Body

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Dendrite Function

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Receive information

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Axon function

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Send information

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Dendritic spines

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-Points of contacts with other neurons

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How do dendritic spines change?

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They can grow and retract

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Neuron types

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Motor and sensory neurons

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Motor neuron

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Connects to muscle or organ

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Sensory neuron

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Brings senory information to brain

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How many dendrites does a motor neuron have? Less or many?

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Many

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How many axons does a motor neuron have?

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  • Only one
  • Axon hillock
  • Myelin sheath
  • Terminal bouton
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Are there distinct axons or dendrites in sensory neurons?

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There are no true axons or dendrites

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Describe each end of sensory neuron

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Each end is a combination; myelinated, fast conduction

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Where is cell body in sensory neuron?

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It is located off to the side

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Afferent means __ and which neurons are this

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  • approach/arrive

- sensory neurons

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Efferent means __ and which neurons are this

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  • Exit

- Motor Neurons

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Astrocytes

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Remove waste (chemicals and dead neurons)

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Microglia

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Release nitric oxide (NO) to kill damaged neurons

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Radial glia

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Used to guide newborn neurons

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What do glia produce?

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Myelin sheath

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Schwann Cell’s location and how many axons they myelinate

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  • Peripheral Nervous System

- Only one cell

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Oligodendrocytes Cell’s location and how many axons they myelinate

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  • Central Nervous System

- Can cover many axons

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Two divisions of nervous system

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Peripheral and Central

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Dorsal

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Top

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Ventral

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Bottom

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Medial

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Middle

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Lateral

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Side

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Anterior

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Front

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Posterior

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Back

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Saggital cut

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Splits left and right hemisphere

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Horizontal cut

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Splits into dorsal and ventral

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Coronal cut

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Splits anterior and posterior

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Nuclei

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Groups of cells that serve a particular function

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38
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How do different nuclei communicate?

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They form circuits and networks to accomplish functions

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39
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Divisions in Central Nervous System

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Brain and spinal cord

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40
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Divisions in Peripheral Nervous system

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Somatic and autonomic

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41
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Divisions in somatic

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Afferent (sensory) and efferent (motor)

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Divisions in autonomic

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Sympathetic and Parasympathetic

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43
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How many spinal nerves are there and what are they composed of?

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  • 31 pairs

- each nerve contains sensory and motor axons

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44
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How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?

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12 pairs

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45
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Motor neurons exit from ___ side of spinal cord

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ventral

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46
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Sensory neurons enter from ___ side of spinal cord

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Dorsal

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Function of Peripheral Nervous system

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Allow communication with external and internal world

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48
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External world

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Somatic Nervous System

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Internal World

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Autonomic Nervous system

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50
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Nerves

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Bundles of axons

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51
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Efferent nerves in somatic nervous system control

____

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voluntary skeletal muscles

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52
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Afferent nerves in somatic nervous system ____________

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relay sensory information from the skin

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53
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Bell-Magendie Law

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Sensory enters on dorsal side or through dorsal roots and motor exits on ventral side or ventral roots

54
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Cranial Nerve X

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Vagus nerve

  • sensory (heart, viscera)
  • motor (heart; viscera)
55
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Functions of Autonomic Nervous system

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  • monitors and controls internal environment
  • innervates internal organs
  • controls activity of heart, stomach, intestines, diaphragm, kidney, pupils, etc.
56
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Functions of sympathetic nervous system

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  • Arousal: fight or flight
  • Mobilizes the body for vigorous action
  • Increases heart rate, respiration, blood flow to muscles
  • Decreases digestion
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Functions of Parasympathetic Nervous system

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  • Conserves energy by decreasing heart rate and respiration, blood moves away from skeletal muscles
  • maintains homeostasis (physiological equilibrium)
  • Increases secretion of gastric enzymes, increases salivation
58
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Most organs are _____ innervated

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dually innervated by sympathetic and parasympathetic

59
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Myogenic

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Heart can beat in absence of nervous system

60
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Only innervated by sympathetic only

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  • hair follicles
  • sweat glands
  • liver
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Function of liver

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Converts glycogen into glucose for energy

62
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What divisions of spinal cord are involved in sympathetic NS?

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Thoracic and lumbar

63
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Main neurotransmitter in Sympathetic NS

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Norepinephrine

64
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Nerves involved in Parasympathetic

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Cranial nerves and sacral spinal cord

65
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Main neurotransmitter in Parasympathetic NS

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Acetylcholine

66
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The most well protected organs of body

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Brain and spinal cord

67
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4 protection ways of Central Nervous system

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  1. Blood-brain barrier
  2. Bone
  3. Membrane (Meninges)
  4. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
68
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Blood brain barrier also protects

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Spinal cord

69
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Blood brain barrier function

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Protects brain and spinal cord from harmful substances

70
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Where is blood brain barrier?

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Located where blood vessels contact brain and spinal cord tissue

71
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What are blood brain barrier made up of?

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Endothelial cells which are flat and are tightly packed to prevent any gaps

72
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Gases involved in passive diffusion

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Oxygen in and carbon dioxide out

73
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What do active transport systems require?

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energy

74
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What do active transport systems transport?

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Glucose, amino acids, hormones, vitamins

75
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What gets easily through blood barrier?

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Fat- soluble compounds

76
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Why is it easy for drugs of abuse to cross blood brain barrier?

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They are fat soluble.

77
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Hardest bones

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Skull and vertebrae

78
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What are meninges and their function?

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They are membranes and they provide cushioning to protect from abrasion

79
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Pia mater location

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innermost

80
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Arachnoid mater location and description

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In the middle and web-like or spongy

81
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Dura mater location and description

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Outermost and tough/thick

82
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Meningitis

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Inflammation of the meninges

83
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Function of cerebrospinal fluid

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Provides more cushioning

84
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Where is cerebrospinal fluid located in spinal cord and brain?

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  • central canal of spinal cord

- ventricles in brain

85
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Brain ventricles

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4 fluid filled cavities in brain

86
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What produces cerebrospinal fluid and how often?

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Choroid plexus

- continuously produced and absorbed

87
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Hydrocephalus

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Water-brain; there is blockage in draining system of cerebrospinal fluid; seen as large heads on infants

88
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Three subdivisions of brain

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Hindbrain (rhombencephalon)
Midbrain(mesencephalon)
Forebrain(prosencephalon)

89
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Medulla oblongata location and function

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  • It is in Hindbrain
  • It controls life-sustaining functions such as blood circulation, respiration, maintain muscle tone, and reflexes (sneezing, coughing, salivating)
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Pons’ location and function

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In hindbrain and controls sleep and arousal

91
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Cerebellum location and function

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  • In hindbrain

- Coordination of movement, sense of balance

92
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Which part of brain are you testing when you take tests for alcohol intoxication?

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Cerebellum

93
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Two parts to Midbrain

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Tectum “roof” and Tegmentum “floor”

94
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Where is superior colliculus and what is responsible for?

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In tectum and for visual reflexes

95
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Where is inferior colliculus and what is responsible for?

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In tectum and auditory reflexes

96
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Where is reticular formation and what is repsonsible for?

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In tegmentum and arousal

97
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Where is substantia nigra and what is repsonsible for?

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In tegmentum and dopamine

98
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Where is Ventral tegmental area (VTA) ?

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In tegmentum

99
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Where is Periaqueductal gray and what is repsonsible for?

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In Tegmentum and for defensive behaviors

100
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Where is thamalus?

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Forebrain

101
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What is thalamus and its functions?

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  • Sensory relay center

- Aids in sensory integration

102
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What is function of hypothalamus?

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  • Homeostatic regulation such as hunger, thirst, temperature

- Controls endocrine (hormone) system

103
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What 5 structures are involved in the limbic system?

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Hippocampus
Amygdala
Spetum
Cingulate cortex
Parts of hypothalamus
104
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What areas is limbic system involved?

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  • Learning and memory
  • Emotions
  • Motivation
105
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What area is hippocampus involved in?

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Spatial memory

106
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What area is amygdala involved in?

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Emotions, especially fear and anxiety

107
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What areas is basal ganglia involved in?

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Movement control

108
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What diseases are associated with basal ganglia?

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Parkinsons and Huntingtons

109
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Structures associated with basal ganglia

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Caudate nucleus, putman, globus pallidus

110
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Definition of cortex

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Any layered structure that covers another

111
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How many layers in neocortex?

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6

112
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Where is cerebral cortex?

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Outermost layer of brain

113
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Why are there convolutions?

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They allow more overall surface area in a limited space

114
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What is cerebral cortex divided into?

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Left and right hemispheres

115
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What connects the two hemisphere?

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Corpus Callosum

116
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Name the four lobes of the brain

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Temporal, Frontal, Occipital, Parietal

117
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Function of occipital lobe

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  • Important for vision

- Visual information relayed from thalamus

118
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Function of temporal lobe

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  • Auditory processing of primary auditory complex, language, and music
  • Complex visual information about object recognition and face recognition
119
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What comes first? Motor or somatosensory cortex?

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Motor is in in frontal and somatosensory is next to it in the parietal lobe

120
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What seperates the motor and somasensory cortei?

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Central sulcus

121
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Sulcus

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Groove

122
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Gyrus

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Elevation

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Precentral gyrus

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Motor cortex

124
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Postcentral gyrus

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Somatosensory cortex

125
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Function of somatosensory cortex

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  • Sensory information coming from the skin

- homunculus

126
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Homunculus

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Little man in your head

127
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Size of cortical representation in the somatosensory cortex (is/is not) proportional to size of body part

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is not

128
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Size of cortical representation in the somatosensory cortex is proportional to

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acuity of touch

129
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Function of motor cortex

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  • Plans for movement of skeletal muscles

- homunculus

130
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What is the size of cortical representation in the motor cortex proportional to?

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Precision of movements

131
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What is frontal lobe involved in?

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Highest (most complex) cognitive functions

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