CNS Part 1 Flashcards
Somatic responsible for
Voluntary muscle movement
Autonomic responsible for
Involuntary muscle movement. Mildly influenced by conscious thought
Sympathetic
Fight or flight
Parasympathetic
Rest and digest
Afferrent
Info coming back into brain.
Efferent
Info leaving brain to get a response
General functions CNS 3
Sensory perception
Info processing, integration, storage
Motor and behavior
White matter
What concentration of myelin
General number of neurons
High, few. Highly vascular
Gray matter
High density of __ and ___. __ also present. Requires a lot of ___ and very ___
Neurons, dendrites, axons. ATP. Vascular
Nucleus: a cluster of neurons ___ CNS
In
Ganglion: cluster of ___ ___ the CNS
Neurons outside
Cortex is ___ layers of ___
Dense, neurons
Tract: ___ within CNS traveling as a ___
Example
Axons, group
Spine cerebellum
Pathway
Similar to a ___ however it relates more to ___ connected neurons performing a ____
Tract, synaptically, function
___ matter more metabolically active than ___ matter. Also more vascularized
Gray, white
1st order neurons
2nd order neurons
Third order neurons
Dorsal root ganglion
Spinal cord
Thalamus
Associated nerves with spinal cord: __ and __ __
Primary functions 3
Dorsal and ventral roots
Sensory input, reflex circuits, somatic and autonomic motor output
The brain stem is composed of 3
Medulla, pons, midbrain
The brain stem
Associated nerves
12 cranial nerves
The brain stem primary functions:
Sensation and motor control of the __, __, and __
Input of special senses 3
Head, neck, and face
Taste, hearing, balance
Brain stem primary functions
Mediate functions such as decreases __ and __, increased __ in gut, and pupillary ___
CO and BP
Peristalsis
Constriction
Brain stem functions: a conduit of __ and __ pathways that carry __ and __ info to other areas in the __
Ascending and descending
Sensory and motor
CNS
Reticular formation is part of __ __. Functions to __ __, exclude __ __, and regulate __
Brain stem
Filter info
Irrelevant stimuli
Arousal
Medulla associated nerves: __-__
Functions: subconscious __ and __ control. Early relay nuclei in __, __, __, and __/__ input
___ reflexes
8-12
CV, respiratory
Balance, auditory, gestation, head/neck
Brain stem
Pons:
Nerves __-__
Functions: __ control, __ control, motor control of the __
5-8
Respiratory, urinary, eye
Pons functions:
Sensation and motor control of the ___
Ventral: __ nuclei relay movement and sensation info from __ to __
Dorsal: __ and __
Face
Pontine, cortex to cerebellum
Taste and sleep
Midbrain
Nerves __-__
Functions: __ relay and mapping. ___ movement, __ and __ reflexes
3-4
Acoustic, eye, lens and pupillary
Midbrain functions
__ modulation
Contains nuclei and relay pathways __ for __ coordination (ex in __ __)
Pain
Critical, motor, substantia Nigra
Cerebellum
Associated nerve:
Functions: __&__ (___ input from __ __, __ __, vestibular organs of __ __)
VIII
Coordination and equilibrium
Somatosensory, spinal cord, cerebral cortex, inner ear
Cerebellum functions
___ learning, __ association/___
Motor, sensory/language
Thalamus Assoc nerve: Functions: Sensory and motor relay between \_\_ \_\_ and \_\_ \_\_ regions \_\_ modulation and gating
II
Cerebral hemispheres, lower CNS
Sensory
Thalamus functions
Regulation of __ activation (__ and __)
__ input
Cortical, attention, consciousness
Visual
Hypothalamus functions
__/__ control
__ nucleus: ___ rhythms
__ behavior: __ centers
Autonomic/endocrine
Superchiasmatic: circadian
Motivated: reward
Basal ganglia functions:
Shapes patterns of __ motor __
Control of __ motor movements
Thalamocortical, inhibition
Fine
Amygdala primary functions:
__ behavior and expression of __
Social, emotion
Hippocampus function
Memory
Cerebral cortex
Associated nerve:
Dependent on __ brain regions for __
I
Lower, wakefulness
Cerebral cortex functions
- __ __ lower brain functions
- sensory ____
- __ and __
Fine tunes
Perception
Cognition and learning