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TRI-LAMINAL DISC GIVES RISE TO WHICH 3 PRIMORDIAL GERM LAYERS

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ECTODERM, MESODERM AND ENDODERM

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HOW DOES THE NEURAL PLATE FORM

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ECTODERM THICKENS ALONG MIDLINE

CELLS RAPIDLY PROLIFERATE TO FORM THE NEURAL PLATE

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NEURAL GROOVE

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NEURAL PLATE CONTINUES TO THICKEN, CELLS START TO DEPRESS TO FORM THE NEURAL GROOVE AS AN INVAGINATION

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NEURAL FOLD CELLS

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CELLS THAT ACCUMULATE SYMETRICALLY AND BILATERALLY ON EITHER SIDE OF NEURAL GROOVE

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NEURAL TUBE AND NEURAL CANAL FORMATION

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NEURAL GROOVE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND EVENTUALLY CLOSES

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NEURAL TUBE DEVELOPS INTO WHAT

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BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD

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NEURAL CANAL DEVELOPS INTO WHAT

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VENTRICLE OF BRAIN AND CENTRAL CANAL OF SPINAL CORD

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WHAT OCCURS AT THE MOST CRANIAL POINT OF THE NEURAL TUBE AS IT CONTINUES TO CLOSE

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THREE DISTINCT EXPANSIONS

- primary brain vesicles called the prosencephalon, mesencephalon and rhombencephalon.

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WHAT DO THE LATERAL PROJECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL CANAL LANDMARK

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CALLED SULCUS LIMITANS
EVERYTHING DORSAL IS ALAR PLATE (SENSORY)
EVERYTHING VENTRAL IS BASAL PLATE (MOTOR)

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WHAT DOES SONIC HEDGEHOG DO

ASIDE FROM COLLECT RINGS

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GENE THAT STIMULATES ARRANGEMENT OF ALAR PLATE AND BASAL PLATE BY AFFECTING THE PROTEIN THAT AFFECTS THEM

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NEUROEPITHELIAL OR NEURECTODERMAL CELL

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LINING OF WALL OF NEURAL TUBE
GERMINAL CELL LAYER
CELLS UNDERGO DIVISION TO FORM TWO NEW DAUGHTER CELLS PROXIMAL TO THE LUMEN

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DAUGHTER CELLS OF THE NEUROEPITHELIA DIFFERENTIATE INTO

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GERMINAL LAYER
MANTLE LAYER
MARGINAL LAYER

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GERMINAL LAYER ( MOST INTERNAL)

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FORM EPENDYMAL CELLS

ONE CELL LAYER THICK

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MANTLE LAYER

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DIFFERENTIATE INTO NEUROBLASTS AND SPONGIOBLASTS
FORMS GRAY MATTER OF SPINAL CORD, NUCLEI OF BRAIN STEM, NUCLEI AND CORTEX OF CEREBELLUM, BASAL NUCLEI AND CEREBRAL CORTEX

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NEUROBLASTS

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IMMATURE NEURONS THAT GROW EXTENSIVELY FORMING LONG PROCESSES AND BECOMING FUNCTIONAL NEURONS

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SPONGIOBLASTS

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PROGENITOR FOR NEUROGLIA

  • supporting cells of NS
  • astrocytes and oligodendrocytes
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MARGINAL LAYER (MOST EXTERNAL)

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COMPOSED OF GROWING AXONAL PROCESSES OF NEURONAL CELL BODY

AXONS MYELINATED TO FORM WHITE MATTER TRACKS

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WHAT ARE THE LATERAL ENLARGEMENTS THAT DEVELOP IN THE PROSENCEPHALON

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OPTIC VESICLES WHICH GROW INTO OPTIC STALK AND OPTIC CUP

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PROSENCEPHALON DEVELOPS INTO

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TELENCEPHALON AND DIENCEPHALON

DEVELOPMENTS OF ALAR PLATE

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MESENCEPHALON DEVELOPS INTO

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DOESN’T, STAYS THE SAME

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RHOMBENCEPHALON DEVELOPS INTO

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METENCEPHALON AND MYELENCEPHALON

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MYELENCEPHALON DEVELOPS INTO

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MEDULLA OBLONGATA

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WHAT IS THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA

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CENTER FOR CV AND RESP FUNCTION
CN 6-12 ASSOCIATED
COMPONENT OF BRAINSTEM

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WHAT DO LEPTOMENINGES OF CNS DO AND WHERE DO THEY ORIGINATE

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ORIGINATE FROM NEURAL CREST AND ADJACENT MESODERM CELLS

CONTAIN MAJORITY OF BLOOD VESSELS SUPPLYING CNS AND ROOTS OF PERIPHERAL NERVES

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WHAT IS THE CHOROID PLEXUS OF THE 4TH VENTRICLE RESPONSIBLE FOR

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PRODUCTION OF CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID (CSF)

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WHAT IS THE CHOROID PLEXUS

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ADJACENT CUBOIDAL EPENDYMAL CELLS, PIA MATER AND CAPILLARY BED HANG DOWN INTO 4TH VENTRICLE TO FORM IT

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LATERAL APERTURE OF CHOROID PLEXUS DOES WHAT

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ALLOWS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VENTRICLE AND SUBARACHNOID SPACE

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WHAT ARE THE TWO MAJOR DERIVATIVES OF METENCEPHALON

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PONS (VENTRAL SIDE)

CEREBELLUM (DORSAL SIDE)

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FUNCTION OF PONS

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BRIDGE OF FIBERS CONNECTING THE CEREBRAL DOWN TO THE CEREBELLAR CORTEX

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FUNCTION OF CEREBELLUM

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BALANCE AND COORDINATION, FINE MOVEMENT, INVOLVED IN LEARNING

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WHAT CN IS ASSOCIATED WITH METENCEPHALON

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MESENCEPHALON FORMS FOUR ROUNDED HILLS COLLECTIVELY CALLED

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CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA

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THE TWO SUPERIOR HILLS OF THE MESENCEPHALON ARE? WHAT DO THEY DO?

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THE SUPERIOR COLLICULI

VISUAL REFLEX FUNCTION, VISUAL MOTOR

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THE TWO INFERIOR HILLS OF THE MESENCEPHALON ARE? THEY DO?

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INFERIOR COLLICULI

AUDITORY REFLEX

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FIBER TRACKS COMING DOWN VENTRAL SURFACE OF MESENCEPHALON ARE

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CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE

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WHAT JOINS THE 3RD AND 4TH VENTRICLE

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CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT

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WHAT IS SUBSTANTIA NIGRA (BLACK SUBSTANCE)

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PIGMENT MELANIN

FIBERS RICH IN DOPAMINE, PROJECT INTO BASAL GANGLIA

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WHAT CN IS ASSOCIATED WITH MESENCEPHALON

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CN 3 AND 4

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WHAT CN IS ASSOCIATED WITH DIENCEPHALON

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WHAT VENTRICLE IS IN DIENCEPHALON

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LAMINA TERMINALIS IS

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MOST ANTERIOR PART OF NEURAL TUBE

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WHAT SEPARATES THE 3RD VENTRICLE INTO A SMALL DORSAL AND LARGE VENTRAL COMPONENTS

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INTERTHALAMIC ADHESION

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WHAT DOES THE EPITHALAMUS DO

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MAINTENANCE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF BIOLOGICAL RYTHYM

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WHERE IS THE SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEI LOCATED

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VENTROLATERALLY IN THE DIENCEPHALON

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WHAT IS NEUROHYPOPHYSIS

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VENTRAL OUT GROWTH OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS PLUS EXTENSION OF 3RD VENTRICLE

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WHAT IS THE THALAMUS

A

MASS OF NUCLEI

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WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THALAMUS

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ALL SENSORY INPUTS TO CEREBRAL CORTEX FIRST GO TO THE THALAMUS EXCEPT OLFACTION

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FUNCTIONS OF HYPOTHALAMUS

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CONTROL CENTER FOR ANS
REGULATE BODY TEMPERATURE
PRODUCE ANTERIOR PITUITARY RELEASING HORMONE
REGULATE THIRST
EFFECT EMOTIONS
REGULATE APPETITE
AFFECT MATING BEHAVIOUR
AFFECT SLEEP MECHANISM
MEMORY
PRODUCE POSTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE
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HOW MUCH OF THE BRAIN DOES THE TELENCEPHALON ACCOUNT FOR

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WHAT CN ASSOCIATED WITH TELENCEPHALON

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WHAT DO VENTRICLES 1 AND 2 BECOME

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LATERAL VENTRICLES OF CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE

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WHAT DOES BASAL GANGLIA DO

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MODIFY MOTOR ACTION

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WHAT IS PUTAMEN

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LATERAL ASPECT OF BASAL GANGLIA

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WHAT IS GLOBUS PALLIDUS

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MEDIAL PART OF BASAL GANGLIA

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WHAT IS ARCHICORTEX

A

OLD CORTEX

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WHERE IS THE HIPPOCAMPUS COMPLEX

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DEEP INSIDE TEMPORAL LOBE

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FUNCTION OF HIPPOCAMPUS

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SHORT TERM MEMORY PROCESSING
VISUAL SPECIAL ACUITY
RESET MEMORY FOR LONG TERM MEMORY

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WHAT IS THE TOP OF THE FOLD OF CERECRAL HEMISPHERE CALLED? THE BOTTOM?

A 
GYRUS = TOP
SULCI = BOTTOM
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LOBES OF CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE

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PREFRONTAL
FRONTAL (PAIN)
PARIETAL (SENSORY)
OCCIPITAL (VISION)
TEMPORAL (HEARING AND BALANCE)
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FUNCTIONS OF PREFRONTAL CORTEX

A 
PLANNING AHEAD
SEQUENCING EVENTS
INITIATIVE
JUDGEMENT
WORKING MEMORY

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