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Gross anatomy pt 1 Flashcards

1
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two divisions of NS

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central and peripheral

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2
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brain and spinal cord

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central NS

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3
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everything besides the brain and spinal cord

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peripheral NS

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4
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contain the sensory and motor nerves

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PNS

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5
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  • has afferent and efferent divisions
  • voluntary control
  • skeletal muscles and skin
  • branch of PNS
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somatic nervous system (SNS)

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6
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  • visceral organs and glands
  • involuntary control
  • has afferent and efferent divisions
  • branch of PNS
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autonomic nervous system (ANS)

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7
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  • prepares for fight or flight
  • accelerates heart rate, constricts blood vessels, induces perspiration, mobilizes glucose
  • part of ANS
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sympathetic

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8
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  • conserves energy
  • slows heart rate
  • sleeping and relaxing
  • GI Tract for digestion
  • part of ANS
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parasympathetic

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9
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the ridge/hill landmark in brain

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gyrus

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10
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groove/valley landmark in brain

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sulcus

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11
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divides two hemispheres of the brain

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longitudinal fissure

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12
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  • fissure of rolando

- top and bottom (frontal and parietal)

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central sulcus

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13
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  • cuts temporal lobe from frontal and parietal
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lateral sulcus

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14
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connected by the corpus callosum

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cerebrum

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15
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personality, decision making, logic, intelligence, motor areas

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frontal

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16
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  • contains primary and association sensory areas

- spatial oraganization

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parietal

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17
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  • back of head

- vision

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occipital

18
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  • bottom of cerebrum
  • hearing
  • language (wernickes)
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temporal

19
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  • emotion

- memory

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limbic

20
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  • frontal
  • parietal
  • occipital
  • temporal
  • limbic
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telecephalon

21
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  • thalamus
  • hypothalamus
  • basal ganglion
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diencephalon

22
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sensory relay- gateway to cortex

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thalamus

23
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regulates autonomic and endocrine functions such as water balance, fat metabolism

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hypothalamus

24
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deep in the cerebrum

initiates motor activity

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basal ganglion

25
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  • dorsal to pons and medulla
  • coordinates motor activity
  • carries instruction
  • maintains equilibrium
  • made of gray and white matter
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cerebellum

26
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in center and houses all cell bodies

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gray matter

27
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on outside and contains the tracts

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white matter

28
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  • dura mater
  • arachnoid
  • pia mater
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meninges

29
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  • provides maximum protection to brain
  • tough and fibrous; connective tissue
  • between skull and arachnoid
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dura mater

30
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  • thin and nonvascular
  • space between it and pia mater
  • contains CSF
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arachnoid

31
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  • totally lines brain and spinal cord inside and out

- very thing and has network of blood vessels

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pia mater

32
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  • four holes that connect to the subarachnoid space

- circulate CSF

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ventricles

33
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  • contains all ascending sensory tracts and descending motor tracts
  • contains cranial nerve nuclei
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midbrain

34
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  • contains the 4th ventricle
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pons

35
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  • vital body functions
A

medulla

36
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  • reflex control to the periphery
  • links brain to periphery
  • sensory info
  • motor from brain to visceral organs and skeletal muscle
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spinal cord function

37
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  • beings as a continuation of the medulla
  • 1 cm diameter
  • housed in vertebrae
  • connects medulla at the level of foramen magnum
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spinal cord anatomy

38
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  • striated tissue
  • sensory input from muscles, skin, joints
  • motor output to skeletal muscles, extra ocular muscles, tongue muscles
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general somatic

39
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  • smooth or cardiac tissue
  • internal vital organs
  • sensory input from visceral organs
  • output to muscles of visceral organs
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general visceral

40
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  • sensory input from vision, balance, inner ear

- olivocochlear bundle

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special somatic

41
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  • sensory input from tongue and olfaction

- output to muscles of palate, face, mouth, pharynx, larynx

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special visceral

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