CNS Flashcards

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1
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What are the two main parts of the CNS and whats their role?

A

1) Brain responsible of cognitive functions

2) spinal cord for delivering info from sensory organs to higher brain and from brain to effectors

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what are examples of cognitive functions?

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evaluation of sensory
stimuli, motor movements, memory
functions, thinking, speaking, emotions
and executive functions.

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3
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How can doctors gain info about brains activity and functions?

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Autopsy (disection)

Electrical stimulation of the brain during
surgery

Investigation of patients with brain damage

Animal studies

Electrophysiology (EEG)

Imaging techniques

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What are the three main functional parts of the brain?

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1) Cerebral Cortex
2) Cerebellum
3) Brain Stem

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What are examples of brain imaging?

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(CT, MRI, fMRI, MRS,

PET

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Whats the function of cerebral cortex?

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the site where complex behaviours occur

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whats the structural features of cerebral cortex?

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its grey but connected to rest of the brain by white matter

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whats the gyri and sulci of the brain?

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folds and depressions in cerebral cortex that make brain wrinkled and increase cortical area

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what are the 4 lobes the cortex are divided to?

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Frontal Cortex

Parietal cortex

Temporal Cortex

Occipital Cortex

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whats the function of frontal cortex?

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carries out mental actions like thinking,planning and deciding

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whats the function of parietal lobe?

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processes sensory info about taste pain and touch and temp

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what is a saggital plane?

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its an anatomical plane that seperates the left and right side of brain

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what is the limbic system made of?

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1) Hypothalamus(homeostasis)
2) Amygdala (emotions)
3) Hippocampus(memory)

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Where is the limbic system found?

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in temporal lobe

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functions of thalamus

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sensory and motor integration

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16
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Explain function of basal ganglia

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responsible for learning skills

it recieves messages from all parts of cerebral cortex but only sends to frontal lobe thru thalamus

17
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what are glial cells

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they support the neurons of CNS

18
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axon vs dendrites

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axon is away and long

dendrites toward and short

19
Q

what is neuroplasticity

A

changes of synapses as brain develops

20
Q

The neurotransmitter that stimulates the CNS

A

glutamate

21
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the neurotransmitter that inhibits the CNS

A

GABA

22
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the neurotrasmitter involved in muscle action,learning and memory

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Acetylcholine

23
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the neurotransmitter that is involved in control of hunger sleep and arousal

A

serotonin

24
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the neurotransmitter that is involved in alertness and arousal

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Norepinephrine

25
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the neurotransmitter involved in movement thoughts and emotions

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dopamine

26
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what is the reticular activating system

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it is where all external stimuli moves into cortex of brain

27
Q

what is habituation

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ability to ignore background stimuli

28
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during hypnosis,you enter trance state. what is it ?

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a state of being unaware of whats around and you are weak

29
Q

how to test voluntary attention of a patient ?

A

ask him to spell a word backwards

30
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3 stages of memorizing

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1) encoding information
2) storing information
3) retrieving information

31
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factors affecting perception

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1) perciever
2) percieved
3) situation

32
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stages of perception

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1) attention and selection
2) organizing info
3) interpret info
4) recalling