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Comp Exam Flashcards

1
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What does the lateral fissure separate?

A

temporal lobe from frontal and parietal lobe

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2
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What does longitudinal fissure separate?

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into two hemisphere

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3
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What does the central sulcus separate?

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the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe

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4
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What are the lobes?

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frontal
parietal
temporal
occipital
insular
limbic
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5
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Parts of the frontal lobe:

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precentral gyrus
prefrontal cortex
Broca’s area

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Precentral gyrus:

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primary motor cortex for voluntary muscle activation

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7
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Prefrontal cortex:

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controls emotions and judgments

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8
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Broca’s area:

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controls motor aspects of speech

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9
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Parts of parietal lobe:

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postcentral gyrus

receives fibers conveying touch, proprioception, pain and temp. sensations from opposite side of body

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10
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Postcentral gyrus:

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primary sensory cortex for integration of sensation

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11
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Parts of temporal lobe:

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primary auditory cortex
associative auditory cortex
Wenicke’s area

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12
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Primary auditory cortex:

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receives/processes auditory stimuli

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13
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Associative auditory cortex:

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processes auditory stimuli

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14
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Wernicke’s area:

A

language comprehension

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15
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Parts of occipital lobe:

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primary visual cortex

visual association cortex

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16
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Primary visual cortex:

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receives/processes visual stimuli

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Visual association cortex:

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processes visual stimuli

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18
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What is the insula associated with and where is it locakted?

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visceral functions

located in lateral sulcus

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19
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What is the limbic system concerned with?

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instincts and emotions contributing to preservation of individual

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20
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Basic functions the limbic system is concerned with?

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feeding, aggression, emotions and endocrine aspects of sexual response.

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21
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Where is white matter located?

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myelinated nerve fibers located centrally

22
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Transverse (commussural fibers)

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interconnect 2 hemisphere

23
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Projection fibers

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connect cerebral hemispheres w/other portions of brain and spinal cord

24
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Association fibers:

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connect different portions of cerebral hemispheres, allowing cortex to function as an integrated whole

25
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What is included in the basal ganglia?

A

striatum
globus pallidus
subthalamic nucleus and substantia nigra

26
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Anterior horn:

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efferent (motor) neurons

27
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Posterior horn:

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afferent (sensory) neurons

28
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Dorsal column (DCML)

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convey proprioception, vibration, and tactile discriminatino

29
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Spinothalamic tract:

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sensations of pain and temperature (lateral spinothalamic)

and crude touch (anterior spinothalamic)

30
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Spinocerebellar tract:

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proprioception from muscle spindles, Golgi tendon organs and touch and pressure receptors for control of voluntary movement

31
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Spinoreticular tracts;

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deep and chronic pain to reticular formation

32
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Ascending tracts:

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DCML
Spinothalamic
Spinocerebellar
Spinoreticular

33
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Descending tracts:

A 
corticospinal tracts
vestibulospinal tracts
rubrospinal tracts
reticulospinal tract
tectospinal tract
34
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Corticospinal tract:

A

arise from primary motor corect

35
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Vestibulospinal tract:

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arise from vestibular nucleus

control of muscle tone, antigravity muscles and postural reflexes

36
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Rubrospinal tract:

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assist in motor function

37
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Reticulospinal system:

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modifies transmission of sensationm especially pain

38
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Tectospinal tract:

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assists in head turning and responses to visual stimuli

39
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Autonomic nervous system:

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involuntary structures:
smooth muscle, heart, glands
maintains homeostatsis

40
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Divisions of ANS:

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sympathetic

parasympathetic

41
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Sympathetic:

A

fight or flight

arises T1-L2

42
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Parasympathetic:

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craniosacral, CN III, VII, IX, X, pelvic nerves

rest and digest

43
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Autonomic plexuses:

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cardiac, pulmonary, celiac, hypogastric, pelvic

44
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Circle of Willis:

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anterior communicating artery
two anterior cerebral arteries
posterior communicating artery
connecting each posterior and middle cerebral artery

45
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Alpha nerve fibers:

A

proprioception, somatic motor

46
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Beta nerve fibers:

A

touch, pressure

47
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Gamma nerve fibers:

A

motor to muscle spindles

48
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Delta nerve fibers:

A

pain, temperature, touch

49
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B fibers:

A

small, myelinated, conduct less rapidly

50
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C fibers:

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smallest, unmyelinated, slowest conducting

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