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Clinical Neuroscience weeks 1-3 > CNS and PNS overview pwrpt > Flashcards

CNS and PNS overview pwrpt Flashcards

1
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Telencephalon includes ….

A

Cerebral hemispheres

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2
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Diencephalon includes….

A

hypothalamus and thalamus

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3
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Mesencephalon includes…

A

midbrain

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4
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Metencephalon includes…

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Pons and Cerebellum

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5
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Rhombencephalon includes..

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Medulla

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6
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Five major subdivisions of the forebrain are

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Frontal, parietal, occipital, Temporal, Limbic

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7
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Basal Ganglia important for what?

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Smoothing out motor movements of the limbs and axial musculature during body movement.

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8
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What is the Thalamus involved in?

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Relay center for all external sensory information being passed to the forebrain

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9
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Spinal cord ends at what level

A

T12 - L1 vertebrae

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10
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Gray matter located where in the spinal cord?

A

Centrally

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11
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White matter located where in the spinal cord

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Peripherally

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12
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Corticospinal (Pyramidal) pathway is motor only

A

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13
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Spinothalamic tract does what

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Serves as a sensory pathway for pain and temperature

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14
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Where would the cell body of this spinothalamic pathway lie…remember it is sensory.
And what would this cell body look like

A

Lies in Dorsal Root Ganglion

Pseudounipolar

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15
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Posterior Dorsal Column is what

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Sensory pathway that informs the brain of the position of body parts in space

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16
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The Autonomic nervous system is regulated by what>

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Hypothalamus and Thalamus

17
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Most of the neurons of the autonomic nervous system originate where

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Hypothalamus and Thalamus

18
Q

How many Cervical cord segments are there

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8

19
Q

How many cervical vertebrae are there?

A

7…there is one more cervical cord segment than cervical vertebra, this is because the cervical spinal cord segments start before the vertebrae and end below it.

20
Q

Thoracic spinal cord contains how many segments

A

12

21
Q

Lumbar spinal nerves

A

5

22
Q

Sacral spinal nerves

A

5

23
Q

8, 12, 5, 5

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cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral

24
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Autonomic nervous system is regulated by what areas of the brain

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Hypothalamus and Thalamus

Clinical Neuroscience weeks 1-3 (26 decks)

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