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Neuropsychology 343 > Final - Exam (9/20) - [Exam 1 - Section 3] > Flashcards

Final - Exam (9/20) - [Exam 1 - Section 3] Flashcards

1
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A neuron receives up to _________ connections from other neurons

A

15,000

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Inputs can _________ or _________ the neuron

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  • excite

- inhibit

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3
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Input into neurons can be:

  • _________
  • _________
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  • Excitatory

- Inhibitory

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_________ :

  • -Partial depolarization (resting membrane potential is less negative)
  • -Excitatory postsynaptic potential (_____ )
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  • Excitatory

- EPSP

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Excitatory:

  • -Partial depolarization (resting membrane potential is _________ negative)
  • -Excitatory _________ potential (EPSP)
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  • less

- postsynaptic

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_________ :

  • -Partial hyperpolarization (resting membrane potential is more negative)
  • -Inhibitory postsynaptic potential (_____)
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  • Inhibitory

- IPSP

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Inhibitory:

  • -Partial hyperpolarization (resting membrane potential is _________ negative)
  • -Inhibitory postsynaptic _________ (IPSP)
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  • more

- potential

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Inhibitory:

  • -Partial _________ (resting membrane potential is more negative)
  • -Inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP)
A

-hyperpolarization

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Excitatory:

  • -Partial _________ (resting membrane potential is less negative)
  • -Excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)
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depolarization

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Whether a neuron fires depends on the sum of the _________ it receives from other _________

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  • inputs

- neurons

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Inputs on neuron combined:

_________ summation:
Potentials arriving within a short amount of time

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Temporal

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Inputs on neuron combined:

_________ summation
Potentials arriving at different points on the dendrites and cell bodies at the same time

A

Spatial

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Inputs on neuron combined:

Temporal summation:
Potentials arriving within a _________ amount of time

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short

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Inputs on neuron combined:

Spatial summation:
Potentials arriving at different points on the dendrites and cell bodies at the _________ time

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same

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15
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Postsynaptic Neuron firing:

Summed potentials spread to _________ – if above threshold neuron fires

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axon hillock

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Postsynaptic Neuron firing:

Summed potentials spread to axon hillock – if _________ threshold neuron fires

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above

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17
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neuron integrates information from many _________

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inputs

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Two parts of the nervous system:

  • _________ nervous system
  • -Autonomic and somatic nervous system
  • -Reflexes
  • _________ nervous system
  • -Brain and spinal cord
  • -Meninges
  • -Blood-brain barrier
A
  • Peripheral

- Central

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Two parts of the nervous system:

  • Peripheral nervous system
    • _________ and _________ nervous system
  • -Reflexes
  • Central nervous system
  • -Brain and spinal cord
  • -Meninges
  • -Blood-brain barrier
A
  • Autonomic

- somatic

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Two parts of the nervous system:

  • Peripheral nervous system
  • -Autonomic and somatic nervous system
    • _________
  • Central nervous system
  • -Brain and spinal cord
    • _________
  • -Blood-brain barrier
A
  • Reflexes

- Meninges

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Two parts of the nervous system:

  • Peripheral nervous system
  • -Autonomic and somatic nervous system
  • -Reflexes
  • Central nervous system
    • _________
  • -Meninges
    • _________
A
  • Brain and spinal cord

- Blood-brain barrier

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A _________ is a single neural cell

A

neuron

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A _________ is a bundle of axons running together like a multi-wire cable

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nerve

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A nerve is a bundle of axons running together like a multi-wire _________

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cable

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25
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the term nerve is only used in the _________ nervous system (____)

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  • peripheral

- PNS

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Inside the _________

  • -bundles of axons are called tracts or projections
  • -Groups of neuron cell bodies are called nuclei
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central nervous system (CNS)

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Inside the central nervous system (CNS)

  • -bundles of axons are called _________ or projections
  • -Groups of neuron cell bodies are called _________
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  • tracts

- nuclei

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Inside the central nervous system (CNS)

  • -bundles of _________ are called tracts or projections
  • -Groups of _________ cell bodies are called nuclei
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  • axons

- neuron

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29
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The nervous system is split into 2 parts:

  • _________
  • _________
A
  • Central nervous system (CNS

- Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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30
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Central nervous system (CNS):

_________

A

Brain and spinal cord

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31
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Peripheral nervous system (PNS):

Everything outside the _________

A

CNS

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32
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Peripheral nervous system:

_________ – works automatically without our awareness (regulates heart beat, digestion, glandular activity, breathing etc)

_________ – control of skeletal muscles

A
  • Autonomic

- Somatic

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Peripheral nervous system:

_________ :

  • -Parasympathetic
  • -Sympathetic
A

Autonomic

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34
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Peripheral nervous system:

Autonomic – works automatically without our _________ (regulates heart beat, _________, glandular activity, breathing etc)

Somatic – control of _________ muscles

A
  • awareness
  • digestion
  • skeletal
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35
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Peripheral nervous system:

Autonomic:
– _________ – calming (eg, rest and digest - decreases blood pressure and heart rate)

A

Parasympathetic

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36
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Peripheral nervous system:

Autonomic:
– _________ – stimulating (eg, fight or flight response – increase in blood pressure and heart rate)

A

Sympathetic

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37
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Peripheral nervous system:

Autonomic:
–Parasympathetic – calming (eg, rest and digest - _________ blood pressure and _________ )

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  • decreases

- heart rate

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Peripheral nervous system:

–Sympathetic – stimulating (eg, _________ response – _________ in blood pressure and heart rate)

A
  • fight or flight

- increase

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Peripheral nervous system:

_________ – control of skeletal muscles

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Somatic

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_________ – an automatic response to stimuli involving sensory and motor neurons

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REFLEXES

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REFLEXES – an automatic response to stimuli involving _________ and _________ neurons

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  • sensory

- motor

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The basic unit of the _________ is the neuron

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nervous system

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3 different types of neurons:

  • _________ neurons
  • Interneurons
  • _________ neurons
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  • Sensory

- Motor

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3 different types of neurons:

  • _________ – transmit information to the CNS from peripheral sense organs and tissues
A

Sensory neurons

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3 different types of neurons:

  • _________ – transmit information within local circuits or across short distances
A

Interneurons

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3 different types of neurons:

  • _________ – transmit information from the CNS to muscles (contract or relax) and glands
A

Motor neurons

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3 different types of neurons:

  • Sensory neurons – transmit information to the _________ from peripheral sense _________ and tissues
  • Interneurons – transmit information within local circuits or across short distances
  • Motor neurons – transmit information from the CNS to muscles (contract or relax) and glands
A
  • CNS

- organs

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3 different types of neurons:

  • Sensory neurons – transmit information to the CNS from peripheral sense organs and tissues
  • Interneurons – transmit information within local _________ or across _________ distances
  • Motor neurons – transmit information from the CNS to muscles (contract or relax) and glands
A
  • circuits

- short

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3 different types of neurons:

  • Sensory neurons – transmit information to the CNS from peripheral sense organs and tissues
  • Interneurons – transmit information within local circuits or across short distances
  • Motor neurons – transmit information from the CNS to _________ (contract or relax) and _________
A
  • muscles

- glands

50
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CNS protected by the _________

A

blood-brain barrier

51
Q

-Blood-Brain Barrier-

Capillaries supplying blood to the CNS have _________

A

tight junctions

52
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-Blood-Brain Barrier-

CNS protected by the blood-brain barrier

  • -Capillaries supplying blood to the CNS have tight junctions
  • -Limits substances that can move from the blood to the _________ tissue
A

CNS

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_________ – towards back (superior)

A

Dorsal

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Dorsal – towards back (_________ )

A

superior

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_________ – towards stomach (Inferior)

A

Ventral

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Ventral – towards stomach (_________)

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Inferior

57
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_________ – front (rostral)

A

Anterior

58
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Anterior – front (_________)

A

rostral

59
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_________ – back (caudal)

A

Posterior

60
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Posterior – back (_________)

A

caudal

61
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_________ – towards middle

A

Medial

62
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Medial – towards _________

A

middle

63
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_________ – Away from middle

(towards outside)

A

Lateral

64
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Lateral – Away from middle

(towards _________ )

A

outside

65
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Right – your _________

A

right

66
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Left – your _________

A

left

67
Q

_________ – same side

A

Ipsilateral

68
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Ipsilateral – _________ side

A

same

69
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_________ – opposite side

A

Contralateral

70
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Contralateral – _________ side

A

opposite

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_________ = hindbrain, midbrain, diencephalon

A

Brain stem

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Brain stem = _________, midbrain, _________

A
  • hindbrain

- diencephalon

73
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Brain stem = hindbrain, _________, diencephalon

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midbrain

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_________ = cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system, hypothalamus, thalamus

A

Forebrain

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Forebrain = cortex, _________, limbic system, _________, thalamus

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  • basal ganglia

- hypothalamus

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Forebrain = _________, basal ganglia, limbic system, hypothalamus, _________

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  • cortex

- thalamus

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Forebrain = cortex, basal ganglia, _________, hypothalamus, thalamus

A

limbic system

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_________ = ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra

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Midbrain

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Midbrain = ventral tegmental area, _________

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substantia nigra

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Midbrain = _________, substantia nigra

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ventral tegmental area

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_________ = pons, medulla, cerebellum

A

Hindbrain

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Hindbrain = pons, _________, cerebellum

A

medulla

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Hindbrain = _________, medulla, _________

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  • pons

- cerebellum

84
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The brain divided into 3 main parts:

  • _________
  • Midbrain
  • _________
A
  • Forebrain

- Hindbrain

85
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The brain divided into 3 main parts:

  • Forebrain
  • _________
  • Hindbrain
A

Midbrain

86
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Forebrain:

  • _________
  • Thalamus
  • _________
A
  • Cerebral cortex

- hypothalamus

87
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Forebrain:

  • Cerebral cortex
  • _________
  • hypothalamus
A

Thalamus

88
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_________ :

  • Substantia nigra
  • ventral tegmental area
A

Midbrain

89
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Midbrain:

  • _________
  • ventral _________ area
A
  • Substantia nigra

- tegmental

90
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Hindbrain:

  • _________
  • pons
  • _________
A
  • Medulla

- cerebellum

91
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Hindbrain:

  • Medulla
  • _________
  • cerebellum
A

pons

92
Q

-Multiple inputs are required to cause an _________

A

action potential

93
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-resting membrane potential = ___mV

A

-70

94
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_________ = -70mV

A

resting membrane potential

95
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The closer the axon _________ lands on the neuron body towards the axon _________ the stronger the potential it has

A
  • terminal

- hillock

96
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The closer the axon terminal lands on the _________ body towards the axon hillock the _________ the potential it has

A
  • neuron

- stronger

97
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Hyperpolarizing = _________

A

inhibitory

98
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_________ = inhibitory

A

Hyperpolarizing

99
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_________ = everything outside the brain and spinal cord (CNS)

A

PNS

100
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PNS = everything outside the _________

A

brain and spinal cord (CNS)

101
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_________ - Bleeding often starts in the epidural space

A

Adult Head trauma

102
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Adult Head trauma - Bleeding often starts in the _________

A

epidural space

103
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Blood-brain barrier = capillaries with _________ junctions

A

tight

104
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_________ = superior, essentially along the hair line

A

Dorsal

105
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Dorsal = superior, essentially along the _________

A

hair line

106
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_________ = issue on the same side, right side head injury, right arm problem

A

Ipsilateral

107
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Ipsilateral = issue on the _________ side, right side head injury, _________ arm problem

A
  • same

- right

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