FINAL (test 1) Flashcards
Ventral
bottom of brain
Rostral
Near the front
Caudal
Back of the head/brain
Dorsal
Top of the brain
Acetycholine goes with
Myasthenia
GABA goes with
Huntington Chorea
Dopamine goes with
Parkinson’s disease
Structures of a nerve cell
dendrite, axon, soma, terminal buttons NOT Glia
Gametes
Sex cells
Neural Tube develops into
the brain and spinal cord
Glial and cellular connections continue to grow for
the first 2 years of life
Spina Bifida
condition resulting from defective fusion of the posterior vertebral column
Brodmann area 22
Temporal Lobe, Wernickes
Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere will produce a deficit on the _____ side of the body which is an example of ________
right; contralateral
Location of the somatosensory cortex
Parietal Lobe
Spinal column consists of
lumbar, cervical, thoracic, and sacral
2 types of Glial Cells
microglial and Schwann
Location of the primary motor cortex
Frontal Lobe
Dendrites
conduct nerve impulses to the cell body
axon
conduct nerve impulses away from the cell body
Sodium-ion Pump
adjusts the distribution of ions across the cell membrane
Saltatory Conduction
nerve impulses jump from one node of ranvier to another
Neuron cells
respons to stimuli and conduct nerve impulses
Glial cells
serve as protective function and perform tissue repair
