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Neuropsychology 343 > Final - Exam (10/06) - [Exam 3 - Section 1 ] > Flashcards

Final - Exam (10/06) - [Exam 3 - Section 1 ] Flashcards

1
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_________- Oldest brain structure (survival)

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Hindbrain

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_________- Located at the top of the spinal cord

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Hindbrain

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_________- Includes the medulla, pons (bridge), and cerebellum

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Hindbrain

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4
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_________- Medulla regulates automatic functions such as heart rate, vomiting, swallowing, and breathing

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Hindbrain

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Hindbrain - Oldest brain structure (_________)

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survival

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Hindbrain - Located at the top of the _________

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spinal cord

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Hindbrain - Includes the medulla, _________ (bridge), and _________

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  • pons

- cerebellum

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Hindbrain - Medulla regulates automatic functions such as _________, vomiting, _________, and breathing

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  • heart rate

- swallowing

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9
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The reticular formation is located in _________

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The Hindbrain

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  • Hindbrain -

_________ -

  • A network of neurons from spinal cord to midbrain
  • Arousal
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The reticular formation

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  • Hindbrain -

The reticular formation

  • A network of neurons from _________ to _________
  • Arousal
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  • spinal cord

- midbrain

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12
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  • Hindbrain -

The reticular formation

  • A network of neurons from spinal cord to midbrain
  • _________
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Arousal

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13
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The Medulla is located in _________

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The Hindbrain

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  • Hindbrain -

_________ - point where neurons cross from one side of the brain to the other side of the spinal cord

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Medulla

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  • Hindbrain -

Medulla - point where _________ cross from one side of the brain to the other side of the _________

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  • neurons

- spinal cord

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  • Hindbrain -

Medulla - point where neurons cross from one side of the _________ to the other side of the spinal cord

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brain

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17
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The CEREBELLUM is located in _________

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The Hindbrain

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18
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  • Hindbrain -

The _________ (little brain)

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CEREBELLUM

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  • Hindbrain -

_________ -Located at the back of the brainstem

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CEREBELLUM

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  • Hindbrain -

CEREBELLUM - Located at the back of the _________

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brainstem

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  • Hindbrain -

_________- Involved in coordinating movement and balance, as well as learning and memory

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CEREBELLUM

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22
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  • Hindbrain -

CEREBELLUM - Involved in coordinating movement and _________, as well as learning and _________

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  • balance

- memory

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23
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  • Hindbrain -

CEREBELLUM - Involved in coordinating _________ and balance, as well as _________ and memory

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  • movement

- learning

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24
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  • Hindbrain -

_________- Damage causes head tilt, balance problems, impairs compensation of eye position relative to head movement, ability to walk, and limb coordination – input from vestibular systems

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CEREBELLUM

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  • Hindbrain -

CEREBELLUM - Damage causes head tilt, _________ problems, impairs _________ of eye position relative to head movement, ability to walk, and limb coordination – input from vestibular systems

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  • balance

- compensation

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26
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  • Hindbrain -

CEREBELLUM - Damage causes head tilt, balance problems, impairs compensation of _________ position relative to head movement, ability to _________, and limb coordination – input from vestibular systems

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  • eye

- walk

27
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  • Hindbrain -

CEREBELLUM - Damage causes head tilt, balance problems, impairs compensation of eye position relative to _________ movement, ability to walk, and limb coordination – input from _________ systems

A
  • head

- vestibular

28
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-Structural Asymmetry-

Consistent evidence suggests some structural asymmetry in _________ function

29
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-Structural Asymmetry-

_________ - not all or none, one side dominant but both play a role

A

Functional

30
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-Structural Asymmetry-

Functional -

_________ - (left hemisphere controls right side of body, right hemisphere controls left side of body) most asymmetrical

A

Motor systems

31
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-Structural Asymmetry-

Functional -
–Motor systems (left hemisphere controls _________ side of body, right hemisphere controls left side of body) most _________

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  • right

- asymmetrical

32
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_________ hemisphere – language

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_________ hemisphere – nonverbal information processing (e.g., faces, music)

34
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Right hemisphere – nonverbal information processing (e.g., _________, music)

35
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_________-handed people tend to have less asymmetry compared to _________-handed people

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  • Left

- right

36
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-Anatomical Asymmetry-

Consistent evidence that Wernicke’s area in left hemisphere is _________ than right hemisphere in majority of people

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planum temporale = part of _________

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Wernicke’s area

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Wernicke’s area involved in _________ comprehension

39
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Primary auditory cortex (_________) larger in right hemisphere – 2 gyri rather than one

A

Heschl’s gyri

40
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_________- larger in right hemisphere – 2 gyri rather than one

A

Primary auditory cortex (Heschl’s gyri)

41
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Primary auditory cortex (Heschl’s gyri) larger in right hemisphere – 2 _________ in right rather than _________ in left

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  • gyri

- one

42
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Anatomical Asymmetry-

Although studies find numerous anatomical _________, reliable evidence for relatively _________

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  • asymmetries

- few

43
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Consistent anatomical asymmetry in temporal lobes – related to speech function in _________,
music etc. in _________

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  • left

- right

44
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Asymmetry in thalamus – left = _________

45
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Right hemisphere _________ than left, more cell bodies and _________ in left

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  • larger

- neurons

46
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Asymmetry in lateral fissure – right = _________

A

steeper angle

47
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Broca’s area is in _________ lobe, not in _________

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  • Frontal

- temporal

48
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Broca’s area - language _________

A

expression

49
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_________ - language expression

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Broca’s area

50
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Expressive aphasia - _________

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Broca’s area

51
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language reception (comprehension) - _________

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Wernicke’s area

52
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_________ - Motor coordination and balance

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Cerebellum

53
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_________ = network of neurons, comes up through the medulla

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Reticular formation

54
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Reticular formation = network of neurons, comes up through the _________

55
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Receptive aphasia - _________

A

Wernicke’s area

56
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Asymmetries in Distribution of _________ in cortex and

subcortical regions

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neurotransmitters

57
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Asymmetries -
Right hemisphere more _________,
left hemisphere more _________

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  • anterior

- posterior

58
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Functional asymmetry - Inferences from _________ with lesions

59
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lesion in left _________ area results in difficulty producing language (aphasia),
lesion in right, no _________ deficits

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  • Broca’s

- language

60
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lesion in left Broca’s area results in difficulty producing language (_________), lesion in right, no language deficits

61
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“split brain” patients – full or partial section of _________

A

corpus callosum

62
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_________ temporal lobectomy - loss in memory quotient - _________ recall

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  • left

- verbal

63
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_________ temporal lobectomy - Performance IQ

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