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Efferent neurons

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Takes information from the CNS

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Afferent neurons

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Takes information to the CNS

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Spinal nerves

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On each side of the vertebrae; “mixed” nerves of sensory and motor neurons

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Cauda equina

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Where the spinal cord goes from being compact to fraying off

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Nerve

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Bundle of neurons

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Ganglion

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Bundle of cell bodies outside the CNS

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Dorsal root ganglion

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The cell bodies of sensory neurons outside the CNS

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Dorsal root

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The axons of the sensory (afferent) neurons

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Ventral root

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Axons of motor (efferent) neurons

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White matter

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The region outside the spine; consists of the axons

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Why is white matter white

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Because it is myelinated

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How are axons in white matter organized

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  1. Short tract

2. Long tract

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Short tract

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Axons that connect parts of the spine

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Long tract

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Axons that connect the spine to the brain

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Types of long tracts

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  1. Ascending

2. Descending

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Ascending long tracts

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Carry information to the brain from the spine (sensory)

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Descending long tracts

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Carry information from the spine to the brain (motor)

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Gray matter

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The inside region of the spine; the cell bodies; the nissl bodies (ER) make it gray; this is the integration center; very organized/each section does something different

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How do the cell bodies in gray matter accumulate

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Based on function; organize into nuclei

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Nucleus

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Cell bodies organize themselves into different nuclei based on their function

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Where is the amount of gray matter the greatest

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  1. Cervical enlargement

2. Lumbar enlargement

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Cervical enlargement

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Area in the cervical area where there is more gray matter; controls movement of shoulder and upper limbs

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Lumbar enlargement

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Area in lumbar area where there is more gray matter; controls movement of lower limbs

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Meninges

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Protects the spine from the vertebrae in case of injury; the “air bags”

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Dura mater

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Meninge; The outermost membrane; “tough mother”

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Epidural space

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Space between dura mater and vertebrae that is filled with adipose tissue

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Arachnoid mater

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Meninge; The middle membrane

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Pia mater

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Meninge; The deepest membrane; wraps directly around the spine

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Subarachnoid space

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Space between arachnoid mater and pia mater; filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

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Main function of the brain stem

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Controls unconscious thought; visceral function/autonomic function

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Medulla oblongata

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Directly connected to the spinal cord; all sensory information goes through the medulla before going to the brain

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How is the medulla oblongata separated

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It is separated into different nuclei

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Nuclei of the medulla

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  1. Cardiovascular centers
  2. Respiratory rhythimicity centers
  3. Solitary nucleus
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Cardiovascular centers

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Controls heart function; autonomic

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Parts in the cardiovascular centers

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  1. Cardioacceleratory center

2. Cardioinhibitory center

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Cardioacceleratory center

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Enhances heart function; uses sympathetic neurons (fight or flight)

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Cardioinhibitory center

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Inhibits heart function; uses parasynthetic neurons (rest and digest)

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How does the cardiovascular center know which center to use

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  1. Baroreceptors

2. Chemoreceptors

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Baroreceptors

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Measure blood pressure and sends that information to the CNS

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Chemoreceptors

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Monitors the chemical content of blood

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What chemicals in blood do chemoreceptors monitor

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Oxygen and carbon dioxide

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What does the medulla decide to do if chemoreceptors detect that carbon deoxide levels are too high

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It uses sympathetic neurons to pump blood faster to get carbon dioxide out of the blood faster

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Respiratory rhythmicity center

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Controls respiration rate; stimulates muscles that make us inhale and relaxes them to exhale

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Why are the respiratory rhythmicity center and cardiovascular centers right next to each other

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Because they work together

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What cant the respiratory rhythmicity center do

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Decide when to inhale/exhale

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46
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What tells the respiratory rhythmicity center when to inhale/exhale

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The pons

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Solitary nucleus

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Is a relay station; takes in sensory information from different places and makes sure that that information gets sent to the right centers; takes in information from visceral functions then sends it to the correct nuclei centers

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Decussation

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Means “crossing over”; where motor commands from one side of the brain cross over and go to the opposite side of the body (contralaterally

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Pons

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Controls muscle movements of the face

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Respiratory center (of the pons)

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A nuclei in pons

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Parts in the respiratory center of the pons

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  1. Apneustic center

2. Pneumotaxic center

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Apneustic center

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Responsible for causing respiratory muscles to contract/inhale

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53
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What does the apneustic center not know how to do

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When to relax respiratory muscles in order to exhale

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Pneumotaxic center

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Silences the apneustic center in order to exhale/relax

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What controls the respiratory centers in the medulla

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The respiratory centers in the pons

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Midbrain

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Mesencephalon; the most conserved region, meaning most species have this

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Corpora quadrigemina

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Collection of 4 nuclei in the midbrain that control reflexes of the head and neck in response to stimuli

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Superior colliculus

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The top pair of corpora quadrigemina; controls reflex movements in response to visual stimuli

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Inferior colliculus

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The bottom pair of corpora quadrigemina; controls reflex movements in response to auditory stimuli

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What is the natural purpose of the mesencephalon?

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So that our reflexes protect us from predators

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Red nucleus

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Has a large blood supply; gives unconscious control of skeletal muscle; gives us resting muscle tone; sends out more commands then we need

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Resting muscle tone

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Even at rest, there is some tension generated in certain skeletal muscle; mainly for posture

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Substantia nigra

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Inhibits parts of the red nucleus from contracting the extra muscles that we don’t need to be contracted

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Dopaminergic neurons

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Neurons that extend from the substantia nigra to the red nucleus; secretes dopamine onto the red nucleus to inhibit it

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Two types of receptors that bind to dopamine

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  1. D-1 like receptors

2. D-2 like receptors

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What kind of receptors does the red nucleus have?

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D-2 like receptors

67
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Parkinson’s

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Dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra die so the red nucleus makes random muscle contractions

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L-Dopa

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Gets converted dopamine; used to treat Parkinson’s instead of Dopamine because of the blood-brain barrier

69
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2 regions that the substantia nigra blocks

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  1. Red nucleus

2. Cerebellum

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Vermus

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Tissue that runs down the middle of the cerebellum

71
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The two lobes of the cerebellum

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  1. Anterior

2. Posterior

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What is in the cerebellum

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Grey and white matter

73
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Cerebellar cortex

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The outer part; the grey matter

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Purkinje cells

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Neurons cells only found in the cerebellum; has a large system of dendrites

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What is the difference between regular neurons and purkinje cells

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Purkinje cells have a more extensive/larger system of dendrites

76
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What kind of information do the purkinje cells take in

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Information about proprioception

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Proprioception

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Knowing where you are in time and space

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Proprioceptors

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Send information to the cerebellum about where you are in time and space

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What is the main function of the cerebellum

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Controlling fine tuned movements that are learned

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Peduncles of the cerebellum

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  1. Superior cerebellar peduncle
  2. Middle cerebellar peduncle
  3. Inferior cerebellar peduncle
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What is the function of the cerebellum peduncles

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Carries motor commands out of the cerebellum

82
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What does ethanol/alcohol do

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It shuts down the cerebellum which inhibits fine motor proprioception movements

83
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Ataxia

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Loss of proprioception function

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Parts of the diecephalon

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  1. Epithalamus
  2. Thalamus
  3. Hypothalamus
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Epithalamus

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Top of diecephalon

86
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Pineal gland

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Within the epithalamus; secretes melatonin

87
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Melatonin

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Helps you go to sleep

88
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Tryptophan

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An amino acid that gets converted into sarotonin then the pineal gland turns it into melatonin

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Thalamus

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Middle of diecephalon; A relay station, meaning sensory information goes here and is then sent to the right place; also filters out the unimportant sensory information besides smell

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Why isnt smell filtered by the thalamus

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The neurons for smell dont run through the thalamus

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Hypothalamus

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Lowest on diecephalon; links the neural system and the endocrine system

92
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Where is the pituitary gland located

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In the sella turcica

93
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What is the function of the pituitary gland

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It secretes a lot of important hormones

94
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What tells the pituitary gland when to or not to secrete hormones

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Hypothalamus

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Neuroendocrine

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The hypothalamus is neuroendocrine; there are neurons that secrete molecules/hormones into the blood instead of into a synapse

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Hormones that the hypothalamus releases

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  1. Releasing hormones

2. Inhibiting hormones

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Release hormones

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Causes the pituitary gland to release hormones

98
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Inhibiting hormones

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Causes the pituitary gland to stop releasing hormones

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Supraoptic nucleus

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A nuclei of the hypothalamus; makes anti-diuretic hormone (ADH)

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Anti-diuretic hormone

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Helps you retain water

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How does alcohol effect the supraoptic nucleus

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It blocks the supraoptic nucleus from making ADH

102
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Paraventricular nucleus

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A nuclei of the hypothalamus; Makes oxytocin

103
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Oxytocin

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Important for bonding and induces smooth muscle contractions of the uterus during labor and delivery and of milk ducts during nursing

104
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Pitocin

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Man made oxytocin

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What type of feedback loop is oxytocin

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Positive feedback loop

106
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus

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A nuclei of the hypothalamus; controls the function of the pineal gland; controls when it secretes melatonin

107
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What causes more secretion of melatonin

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Light; visual sensory information

108
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Preoptic area

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A nuclei of the hypothalamus; controls body temperature by controlling blood flow

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What does the preoptic area do if body temperature is too high

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It dilates blood vessels that are superficial and near the skin and constricts blood vessels near the torso

110
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What does the preoptic area do if body temperature is too low

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It constricts blood vessels near the skin and dilates blood vessels near the torso

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Cerebrum

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Home to conscious thought; the main part of the brain

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What surrounds the cerebrum

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Pia mater, arachnoid, and dura mater

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Dural Sinus

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Instead of an epidural space like the spine, the cerebrum has this; circulates blood and CSF

114
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Faix cerebrii

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Extension of the dura mater that sits between the two hemispheres

115
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Faix cerebelli

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Extension of the dura mater that sits between the hemispheres of the cerebellum

116
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What is the reason for the folds of the brain

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To create more surface area

117
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Gyrus

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One tube of the cerebrum

118
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Sulcus

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The gaps between the gyri

119
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The lobes of the cerebrum are the same as

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The bones that cover them

120
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Instead of sutures, what are the lobes separates by?

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Important sulci

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Central sulcus

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Between frontal and parietal lobes

122
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Lateral sulcus

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Between frontal and temporal lobes

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Parieto-occipital sulcus

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Between parietal and occipital

124
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Cerebrum cortex

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Where grey matter is; superficial

125
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Where is white matter in the cerebrum

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Deep

126
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Classes of white matter

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  1. Association fibers
  2. Commissural fibers
  3. Projection fibers
127
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Association fibers

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Axons that carry information to parts of the same hemisphere

128
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Types of association fibers

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  1. Arcuate fibers

2. Longitudinal fibers

129
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Arcuate fibers

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Allow communication between two gyrite that are right next to each other

130
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Longitudinal fibers

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Axons that allow communication between two distant parts of the same hemisphere

131
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Commissural fibers

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Axons that allow communication between the two hemispheres

132
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Locations of commissural fibers

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  1. Anterior commissure

2. Corpus callosum

133
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Projection fibers

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Axons that allow communication between the cerebrum and the rest of the body (spine, brain stem)

134
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What do all projection fibers run through

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The thalamus (and medulla oblongata)

135
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How is grey matter organized in the cerebrum

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In nuclei that are in strips that run across the cerebrum over the left and right hemispheres

136
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Primary sensory cortex

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Nuclei of the cerebrum; “postcentral gyrus”; Receives all somatic sensory information; does not interpret that information

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Homunculus

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“Map” of the parts of a nuclei and what they effect/control

138
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Association areas

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Interpret the information; where we store memories about sensations

139
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What do all cortex have?

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An association area

140
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Auditory cortex

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Receives sensory information about sound

141
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Auditory association area

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Interprets the auditory information

142
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Primary motor cortex

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“Precentral gyrus”; All of your conscious muscle movement stems from here; Recieves all motor sensory information; does not interpret it

143
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What would happen if a stroke effected the visual cortex

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They wouldn’t be able to read

144
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Somatic motor association area

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“Premotor cortex”; stores memories about muscle movements; Interprets the information about motor movements; controls the primary motor cortex; these are learned movements

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