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Forebrain Flashcards

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Motor Cortex

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Precentral Gyrus

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Somatosensory Cortex

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Post-Central Gyrus

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Precentral Gyrus

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Motor Cortex

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4
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Post-Central Gyrus

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Somatosensory Cortex

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5
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Somatosensory Cortex Image

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6
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Motor Cortex Homunculus Image

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7
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Broca’s Area

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Located in Frontal cortex

responsible for speech production

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8
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Wernicke’s Area

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Temporal lobe

can’t produce meaningful language

“word salad”

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9
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Telencephalon Functions

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sensory

motor

language

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Addt’l Telencepahlon Regions

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  • Basal ganglia
    • motor function
  • amygdala
    • fear
    • emotional processing
  • hippocampus
    • memory/learning
    • spatial navigation
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11
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How many layers in neocortex?

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6

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12
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afferent

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incoming (arrives)

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efferent

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leaving (exits)

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Internal Capsule

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large network of white matter tracts for axons entereing and leaving the cerebral cortex

  1. anterior limb
  2. genu
  3. posterior limb
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15
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Internal Capsule labeling

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16
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Name the 3 types of cortical connecting fibers

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  1. Association
  2. Commissural
  3. Projection
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17
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Define Association Fibers

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Fibers connecting regions within the same hemisphere

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18
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Define Commissural fibers

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Fibers connecting regions in oppostie hemispheres

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19
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Define Projection fibers

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a) axons that originate outside telencephalon and project to cortex
b) axons that orignate in cortex and project elsewhere

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20
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Parts of Diencephalon

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Thalamus/Hypothalamus

(dorsal thalamus, hyopthalamus, ventral thalamus, epithalamus)

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21
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Function of Diencephalon

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Processing center for information between sensory systems and cortex

22
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Location of Diencephalon

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3rd ventricle is a median between the two thalami.

Thalamus is wall of ventricle

23
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Name nuclei of Thalamus (dorsal thalamus)

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  1. Anterior
  2. Medial
  3. Lateral (dorsal and ventral tiers)
  4. Intralaminar
24
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Input/Output of Anterior Nuclei of Thalamus

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Input: limbic-related projectoions from the mammillary bodies + hippocampus

Output: cingulate gyrus (via internal capsule)

25
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Input/Output of Medial nucli Thalamus

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Input: frontal lobe + substantia nigra

Output: may be involved in controlling eye movement

26
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Input/Output of Lateral Thalamic Nucli

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Input/Outputs: widespread, vary by location.

Dorsal Tier contains large pulvinar nucleus which is involved in vision

Ventral tier relays somatosensory info

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Input/Output of Intralaminar thalamic nucelus

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Input: sensory/pain pathways

Output: somatosensory cortex

28
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

A

A

Anterior

29
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

CM

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centromedian

30
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

DM

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dorsomedial

31
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

LD

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lateral dorsal

32
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

LGB

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lateral geniculate

33
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

LP

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Lateral Posterior

34
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

MGB

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medial geniculate

35
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

P

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pulvinar

36
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

PF

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parafasciular

37
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

VA

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ventral anterior

38
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

VL

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ventral lateral

39
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

VPL

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ventral posterolateral

40
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Thalamic Nuclie Code:

VPM

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ventral posteromedial

41
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VA & VL

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motor-related

42
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LD

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limbic system

43
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LP

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visual salience/visual-guided behavior

44
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VPL & VPM

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somatosensory

45
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P

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visual processing

46
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LGB

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vision

47
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MGB

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auditory

48
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Hypothalamus Functino

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endocrine/autonomic functions (maintaining homeostasis)

49
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Hypothalamus Divisions

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  1. preoptic
  2. anterior (supraoptic)
  3. medial (tuberal)
  4. posterior (mammilliary)
50
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coronal sections of 4 hypothalamic divisions

(rostral to caudal)

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51
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Thalamic Projections

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