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

1
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_________- Oldest brain structure (survival)

A

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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_________- 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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  • Hindbrain -

The reticular formation

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

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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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  • Hindbrain -

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

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  • balance

- memory

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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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  • 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
- balance | - compensation
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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
- eye | - walk
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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
- head | - vestibular
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-Structural Asymmetry- Consistent evidence suggests some structural asymmetry in _________ function
cortical
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-Structural Asymmetry- _________ - not all or none, one side dominant but both play a role
Functional
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-Structural Asymmetry- Functional - _________ - (left hemisphere controls right side of body, right hemisphere controls left side of body) most asymmetrical
Motor systems
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-Structural Asymmetry- Functional - --Motor systems (left hemisphere controls _________ side of body, right hemisphere controls left side of body) most _________
- right | - asymmetrical
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_________ hemisphere – language
Left
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_________ hemisphere – nonverbal information processing (e.g., faces, music)
right
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Right hemisphere – nonverbal information processing (e.g., _________, music)
faces
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_________-handed people tend to have less asymmetry compared to _________-handed people
- Left | - right
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888888888 -Anatomical Asymmetry- Consistent evidence that Wernicke’s area in left hemisphere is _________ than right hemisphere in majority of people
larger
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888888888 | planum temporale = part of _________
Wernicke’s area
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888888888 | Wernicke’s area involved in _________ comprehension
language
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888888888 | Primary auditory cortex (_________) larger in right hemisphere – 2 gyri rather than one
Heschl’s gyri
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888888888 | _________- larger in right hemisphere – 2 gyri rather than one
Primary auditory cortex (Heschl’s gyri)
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888888888 | Primary auditory cortex (Heschl’s gyri) larger in right hemisphere – 2 _________ in right rather than _________ in left
- gyri | - one
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888888888 Anatomical Asymmetry- Although studies find numerous anatomical _________, reliable evidence for relatively _________
- asymmetries | - few
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888888888 Consistent anatomical asymmetry in temporal lobes – related to speech function in _________, music etc. in _________
- left | - right
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888888888 | Asymmetry in thalamus – left = _________
language
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888888888 | Right hemisphere _________ than left, more cell bodies and _________ in left
- larger | - neurons
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888888888 | Asymmetry in lateral fissure – right = _________
steeper angle
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888888888 | Broca's area is in _________ lobe, not in _________
- Frontal | - temporal
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Broca's area - language _________
expression
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888888888 | _________ - language expression
Broca's area
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Expressive aphasia - _________
Broca's area
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language reception (comprehension) - _________
Wernicke’s area
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_________ - Motor coordination and balance
Cerebellum
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_________ = network of neurons, comes up through the medulla
Reticular formation
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Reticular formation = network of neurons, comes up through the _________
medulla
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Receptive aphasia - _________
Wernicke’s area
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Asymmetries in Distribution of _________ in cortex and | subcortical regions
neurotransmitters
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Asymmetries - Right hemisphere more _________, left hemisphere more _________
- anterior | - posterior
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Functional asymmetry - Inferences from _________ with lesions
patients
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lesion in left _________ area results in difficulty producing language (aphasia), lesion in right, no _________ deficits
- Broca’s | - language
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lesion in left Broca’s area results in difficulty producing language (_________), lesion in right, no language deficits
aphasia
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“split brain” patients – full or partial section of _________
corpus callosum
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_________ temporal lobectomy - loss in memory quotient - _________ recall
- left | - verbal
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_________ temporal lobectomy - Performance IQ
Right

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