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Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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Olfactory Nerve

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carries implies for the sense of smell
Sensory

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Optic Nerve

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carries impulses for the sense of light
Sensory

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Oculomotor Nerve

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involved in eye movement
raising eye lid
rotating eye
Motor

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Trochlear Nerve

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eye movement
- smallest cranial nerve
Motor

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Trigeminal Nerve

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sensory input from the face motor output to muscles of the jaw
largest cranial nerve
Sensory + Motor

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Abducens Nerve

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Eye movement
Motor

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Facial Nerve

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sensory input from taste receptors motor output for facial expressions
tear + salivary glands
Motor + Sensory

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Vestibulocohlear Nerve

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Vestibular branch - balance
Cochlear - hearing
originates in ear
Sensory

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Glossophanyngcial

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Tongue and throat
- gloss -pharyngeals
touch, taste gag reflex, swallowing
and pain
Sensory and Motor

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Vagus

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from medulla to thorax to abdomen
includes throat, esophagus, abdomen and heart

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Accessory

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sends impulses to the throat muscles
morph impulses to neck and shoulder
Motor

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Hypoglossal

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move tongue
speech, eating, swallowing
Motor

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Frontal Lobe

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responsible for the problem solving, reading and motor skills

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Parietal Lobe

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bodily sensations are processed as touch and pain

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Temporal Lobe

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hearing understanding speech and language

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Occipital Lobe

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visual processing

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Medulla Oblongata

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controls vital reflex’s, regulation of breathing, heart rate, blood pressure

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Cerebellum

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control of finely coordinated movements

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Cerebrum

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higher level of brain functions: thoughts, emotions, memories

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Brain Stem

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connection to spinal cord
filters info between peripheral nervous system and the rest of the brain

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Spinal Cord

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sends signals between brain and rest of body

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Pons

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bridge
relays msgs between cerebrum and cerebellum
sleep, dreams, attention

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Thalamus

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relays info from the senses and transmit the info to the cerebral cortex

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Limbic system

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Hippocampus, Amygdala, Pituitary glad, Hypothalamus; involved in emotion

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Hippocampus

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Helps to from memories
(hippos never forget)

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Amygdala

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flight or fight
emotional center - anger or fear

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Hypothalamus

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controls body temp circadian rhythm and thirst + hunger

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Pituitary gland

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mater endocrine gland
responsive for growth

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Corpus Callosum

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connects the left and right hemisphere of brain

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Lobes of Cerebrum

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occipital, temporal, parietal, frontal

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Midbrain

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processes info for the body to react
reflexivity
visual + auditory info processed

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