Gross Neuroanatomy (CNS)

Question 1

Main structure of spinal cord is formed by

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Cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral divisions

Question 2

Functions of the frontal lobe

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Executive functions (higher-order). 
control of voluntary movement
speech production (broca's)

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Two major tracts that run from the brain to the spinal cord

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Motor and somatosensory (touch, pain and temperature receptors)

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Root in charge of motor information for the spinal cord

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ventral root

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Root in charge of somatosensory information for the spinal cord

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dorsal roots

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Major motor tract responsible of voluntary movement

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corticospinal

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back up motor track for voluntary movement

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rubrospinal

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motor track in charge of eye and head movement

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tectospinal

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motor tract in charge of balance

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vestibulospinal

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motor tract in charge of muscle tone and action control

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reticulospinal

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somatosensory tract for touch and proprioception (where you are in space)

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medial lemniscal

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somatosensory tract for pain and temperature

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lateral spinothalamic

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what is a dermatome?

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segment of the spine that connect to a specific slice of the body

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what is quadriplegia?

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damage to the top level of the spinal cord that affects from that point downwards

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functions of parietal lobe

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somatosensory cortex
attention control
link of vision and action (navigation)

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functions of occipital lobe

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vision

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functions of temporal lobe

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language comprehension (wernicke’s)
auditory processing
creation of new memories
aquisition, representation and retrieval (memory)

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dorsal means

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superior

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ventral menas

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inferior

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rostral means

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anterior

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caudal means

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posterior

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medial menas

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toward middle of the brain

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lateral means

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towards outside of the brain

Question 24

Sagittal view splits

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left and right

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Axial view splits

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up and down

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coronal view splits

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front and back

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the outside of the brain is made of

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gray matter

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the inside of the brain is made of

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white matter

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Diffusor tensor imaging bases on

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the principle that water moves along axons

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connects two hemispheres

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corpus callosum

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sensory station

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thalamus (except for smell)

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in charge of monitoring (call for help)

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Cingulate gyrus

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in charge of creation of new memories and conscious thoughts

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hippocampus

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in charge of emotion

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amygdala

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involved in movement and parkinson’s disease

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basal ganglia

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in charge of autopilot and mindlessly technical skills

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basal ganglia

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limbic system is composed of

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cingulate gyrus
corpus callosum
thalamus
hypocampus
amygdala

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Main structure of midbrain involved in creation of dopamine

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substantia nigra

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Cerebellum is in charge of

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higher order cognitive functions

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fluid system that protects the brain

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ventricular system

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Four main ventricles

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lateral
interventricular
third
fourth

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cerebellomedullary is also knwon as

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cisterna magna

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system that provides the brain with oxygen (thus power)

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cerebral vasculatire

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Place where blood vessels meet and distribute

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circle of willis

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major cerebral blood distributions

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middle cerebral artery
anterior cerebral artery
anterior cerebral artery