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Gross Brain Flashcards

1
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Name the 3 compartments of the brain

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Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain

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2
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What does the forebrain include?

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Cerebral hemispheres and other deep structures

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3
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What does the midbrain include?

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Midbrain

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4
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What does the hindbrain include?

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Pons, Medulla, Cerebellum

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5
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What structures make up the brain stem?

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Midbrain, pons, medulla

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6
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Why do cerebral hemispheres have a lot of folding?

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To increase surface area

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Gyrus

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Ridge of cortical tissue

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Sulcus

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Groove between gyri

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9
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Fissure

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Particularly deep sulci

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10
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Separates frontal and parietal lobes

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Central sulcus

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11
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Separates temporal and frontal/parietal lobes

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Lateral fissure

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12
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Anterior to central sulcus

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Precentral gyrus

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13
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Posterior to central sulcus

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Postcentral gyrus

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14
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Separates parietal and occipital lobes

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Parieto-occipital sulcus

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15
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Gray matter

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Area containing neuronal/glial cell bodies and dendrites

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White matter

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Area containing collections of axons, usually with myelin

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17
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Nuclei

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Collection of cell bodies with common functions

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18
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Cortex

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Layers of gray matter over other parts of CNS

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19
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Other terms for white matter

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Fasciculus, funiculus, lemniscus, tract, peduncle

20
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Houses primary motor areas in frontal lobe

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Precentral gyrus

21
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Medial and lateral surfaces of frontal lobe

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Voluntary motor behavior and pick movements

22
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Lateral surface of frontal lobe

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Houses motor aspects of language

23
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Prefrontal association areas

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Emotion, personality, judgement, social inhibitions, concrentration

24
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Modulates emotional aspects of behavior

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Cingulate gyrus

25
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Primary somatosensory cortex that processes tactile and proprioceptive info

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Postcentral gyrus

26
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Involved in language comprehension in parietal lobe

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Inferior parietal lobule

27
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Remainder of parietal cortex function?

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Spatial orientation and attention

28
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Map of body parts to the motor and sensory areas of the brain (distortion due to unequal distribution)

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Homunculus

29
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Motor and sensory areas of brain on homunculus

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Precentral (motor) and postcentral (sensory) gyri

30
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4 functions of temporal lobe

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Primary auditory cortex, wernicke’s area, higher order processing of visual information and learning/memory

31
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Wernicke’s area

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Language comprehension

32
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Contains primary visual cortex

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Calcarine sulcus

33
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What is the limbic lobe important for?

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Learning, memory, emotion

34
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Where is the insular lobe?

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Deep in the lateral fissure

35
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What is the term for when an area is covered by lobes?

36
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Gatekeeper for cortex

37
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Connects limbic system, regulates circadian rhythm, pineal gland

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Epithalamus

38
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Hormonal, visceral and autonomic functions

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Hypothalamus

39
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Connect cortical areas within the SAME hemisphere

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Association fibers

40
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Connect areas in 1 hemisphere to the other

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Commissural fibers

41
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Carry info to and from cerebral cortex

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Projection fibers

42
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White matter bundle of fibers that travels via corona radiata

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Internal capsule

43
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What are the limbs of the internal capsule?

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Anterior limb, Genu, Posterior limb, Sublentricular limb, Retrolenticular limb

44
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Basal nuclei are critical for what?

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Initiation and control of voluntary movement

45
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Function of cerebellum

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Sensory information processing and influences motor neurons

46
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Cerebellum surface made up of transverse ridges of gray matter

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