CNS, PNS and ANS and Lobes Flashcards

1
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Three Membranes meninges

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outer durameter, middle arachnoid, & inner piameter

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2
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Cerebro-spinal fluid

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Between arachnoid and piameter

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3
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Two groups of PNS

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Sensory-somatic or Cerebrospinal or Corticospinal and Autonomic

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4
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How many cerebrispinal nerves

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12 cranial and 31 spinal pairs

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5
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Sympathetic system

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Energy expenditure and fight or flight

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6
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Parasympathetic

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Digestion and energy conservation

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7
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3 major sulci

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Central sulcus, parieto occiptal sulcus, sylvian or lateral fissure

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8
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Insular Lobe

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Deep to the brain’s lateral surface

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9
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Association fibers

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Connect various areas within cerebral hemispheres

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10
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Commisural fibers

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Connect the two hemispheres

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11
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Projection fibers

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Connect the cerebrum to lower centers of CNS

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12
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Postcentral gyrus

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Somatosensory Cortex

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13
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Precentral gyrus

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Motor Cortex

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14
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Calcarine Fissure

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Within occipital lobe

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15
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Gyri of Frontal Lobe

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Precentral, superior, middle, inferior

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16
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Premotor Cortex function

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Responsible for complex and skilled movements required for speech, hand manipluations, and eye-hand co-ordination

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Prefrontal Cortex function

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Cognitive functions such as reasoning, thinking, pragmatism, planning

18
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Inferior front gyrus function

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Important for speech production

19
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Lesions to frontal lobe

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impairment of memory, inattentiveness, behavior disorders, difficulty in learning new info.

20
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Parietal Lobe function

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Perception of somatic sensation, and spatial orientation, memory

21
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Postcentral gyrus

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Primary sensory cortex

22
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All sensations received at primary sensory cortex are sent to:

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Sensory association areas before awareness reached

23
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Pathologies of pariental lobe

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Contralateral sensory loss, perceptual disorders

24
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Temporal Lobe, three gyri

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Superior, middle and inferior

25
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Heschl’s gyri

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Primary auditory cortex

26
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Wernicke’s area

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Languague association cortex

27
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Lesions of Wernicke’s area

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Fluent aphasia, Impairement of language comprehension

28
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Wernicke’s area is interconnected to the Broca’s area via:

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Arcuate Fasciculus

29
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Arcuate Fasciculus damage results in:

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Conduction Aphasia

30
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Conduction aphasia

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Auditory comprehension and speech articulation are preserved by people find it difficult to repeat heard speech.

31
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Primary visual cortex is concentrated in:

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The calcarine Sulcus

32
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Lingual Gyrus plays role in:

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Dreaming and vision, and recognizing words

33
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Agnosia

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Loss of ability to recognize visual images

34
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Dyslexic

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Disability when reading or writing

35
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Insular Lobe is also known as:

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The island of Reil, plays role in limbic system

36
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Lesion to brocas area

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Motor aphasia, understand speech but cannot produce meaningful sounds

37
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Disorders as a result of lesions to Parietal lobe

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Dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscaculia, Gerstmann’s syndrome

38
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Unilateral lesion of primary visual cortex

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near-total blindness in opposite visual feel

39
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Lesions to visual association areas

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visual agnosia, dyslexia, impaired visual memories