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Intro Flashcards

1
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outside layer

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ectoderm

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middle layer

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mesoderm

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inner layer

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endoderm

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4
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ectoderm folds and creates what?

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lumen

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5
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cluster of neurons outside the nervous system

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ganglia

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6
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nerve cells that carries messages between the brain and the body; they look like shooting stars

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neurons

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7
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cluster of neurons inside

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nucleus

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8
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means young or immature

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blast

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9
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tail of nerve

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axon

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10
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connects one neuron to another

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interneuron

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11
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sexual reproduction

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mitosis

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12
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union of cells

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fertilization

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13
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covers the neural tube and has no myelin covering; gray matter

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mantle zone

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inner layer that has a myelin covering; white matter

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axonal marginal layer

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15
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finds its appropriate target in the periphery and central nervous system

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growth cone

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16
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forms the central canal of the fully developed spinal cord

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neural canal

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17
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process by which the number of cells in a developing embryo is multiplied through cell division

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cell cleavage

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18
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cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals

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notochord

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19
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key developmental structure that serves as the basis for the nervous system

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neural plate/neural groove

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20
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  • enclosed ectoderm fold
  • hollow structure from which the brain and spinal cord form
  • surrounds the neural canal
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neural tube

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21
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gives rise to a diverse cell lineage

group of cells isolated by the process of neural tube fusion

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neural crest

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22
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other names for dorsal root ganglia

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spinal ganglion

posterior root ganglion

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23
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cluster of nerve cell bodies in a posterior root of a spinal nerve

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dorsal root ganglia

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24
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contain the sensory cell bodies which send their developing acons into the evolving spinal cord and skin

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dorsal root ganglia

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25
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dividing cell that will develop into a neuron often after a migration phase

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neuroblast

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26
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ependymal layer

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neuroblast

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27
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create the dorsal and ventral horns of the spinal cord

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alar and basal plates

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28
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neural structure in the embryonic nervous system

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Alar plate

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29
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other name for alar plate

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alar lamina

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30
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becomes the sensory axon part of the spinal cord

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caudal part

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31
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region of the neural tube ventral to the sulculus limitans

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basal plate

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32
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develop at their interface in the throracic and upper lumbar cord

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visceral efferent neurones

33
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relies on factors secreted dorsally ar ventrally from notochord

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dorsal ventral patterning

34
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predominantly found in the dentate gyrus of hippocampus

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neural progenitor cells

35
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failure of fusion of the anterior rostral neuropore

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anencephaly

36
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any defect at the lower end of the vertebral column and spinal cord

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spina bifida

37
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most common spina bifida that regers to a failure of fusion of the dorsal parts of the lower vertebrae

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spina bifida occulta

38
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spectrum of defects that are a result of the abnormal migration of developing cortical neurons

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cortical dysplasia

39
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forebrain

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prosencephalon

40
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outer layer of cerebrum

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cerebral cortex

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cerebrum

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telencephalon

42
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group of stuctures linked to the thalamus in the base of the brain
involved in the coordination of movement

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basal ganglia

43
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associated with memory and spatial navigation

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hippocampus

44
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first to develop; involved in the sense of smell

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olfactory bulb

45
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collection of stuctures located in the front and below the striatum that includes the nucleus accumbens

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basal forebrain

46
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the caudal posterion part of the forebrain that contains the thalamic group and the third ventricle group

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diencephalon

47
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parts of the diencephalon

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thalamus
hypothalamus
epithalamus
ventral thalamus
3rd ventricle
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midbrain

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mesencephalon

49
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anatomic; brain, brainstem and spinal cords are parts of it

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central nervous system

50
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begins at the foramen magnum; central canal

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spinal cord

51
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site at the base of the skill where the medulla ends

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foramen magnum

52
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nerve fibres that form the ascending and descending pathways

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white matter

53
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located at the center of the spinal cord and contains the cell bodies of neurons

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gray matter

54
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connected to the brainstem via 3 cerebellar peduncles

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cerebellum

55
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cerebral hemisphere for motor

56
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cerebral hemisphere for sensory

57
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cerebral hemisphere for memories

58
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cerebral hemisphere for visual processing

59
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dense network of peripheral nerves

60
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outside the brain, brainstem and spinal cord; anatomical

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peripheral nervous system

61
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functional

controls endocrine glands and homeostatic system

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Autonomic nervous system

62
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collection of structures locate to the front and below striatura

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basal forebrain

63
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located in the brain stem and sacrum

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preganglionic neurons

64
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located in the vertebral and prevertebral ganglia

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postganglionic neurons

65
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severe pain and autonomic changes confined to a single limb

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reflex sympathetic dystrophies

66
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additional cell loss in the basal ganglia and cerebellum

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multiple system atrophy

67
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motor functions and movement

68
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lies between the longitudinal and circular muscle layers

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myenteric plexus

69
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lies between the circular muscle and muscularis mucosa

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submucosal plexus

70
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localized absence of enteric nervous system in the colon causing constipation at birth

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hirschprung’s disease

71
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local degeneration of intrinsic neurons

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parkinsons disease

72
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feelings in a critical situation

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sympathetic

73
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post ganglionic trasmitter

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noradrenaline

74
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feelings in everyday situations

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parasympathetic

75
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hindbrain

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rhombencephalon

76
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pons and cerebellum

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metencephalon

77
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medulla

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myelencepahon

78
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stages of the egg

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fertilized egg
2 cell
4 cell
8 cell
morula
blastula
early gastrula
gastrula

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