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d: mental representation

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the sense in which properties of the outside world (e.g. colours, objects) are copied/simulated by cognition

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d: neural representation

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the way in which properties of the outside world manifest themselves in the neural signal (e.g. different spiking rates for different stimuli)

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d: anterior/rostral

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front

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d: posterior/caudal

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back

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d: dorsal

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top

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d: ventral

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bottom

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d: lateral

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towards the side

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d: medial

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towards the middle

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d: ipsilateral

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same side

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d: contralateral

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opposite side

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d: transverse section of the brain

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right angle to the neuraxis (if you sliced from the top to the bottom, across the 2 hemispheres)

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d: sagittal section of the brain

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parallel to neuraxis and perpendicular to the ground (like the image for this topic)

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d: horizontal section of the brain

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slice taken parallel to the ground

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What % of body weight does the brain take up?

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2%

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What is Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and what is its function?

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Fluid surrounding the brain, it relieves some of the weight on the spinal cord.

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What % of the blood supply does the brain use?

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20%

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What % of the blood oxygen does the brain use?

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15-20%

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What is the scienecy name for the layers of the skull?

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meninges

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What is the name of the outer most layer of the skull?

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dura mater

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What are the properties of the dura mater?

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Tough, flexible, outermost meninx

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What is the name for the middle layer of the skull?

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Arachnoid

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What are the properties of the arachnoid?

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The Arachnoid is like a sheet of cling film that is draped over the brain. It does not dip into the valleys of the brain contour.

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What is the name for the inner-most layer of the skull?

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pia mater

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What are the properties of the pia mater?

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Last layer of the meninges, which adheres to the surface of the brain

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Where is the gap for CSF to flow around the brain and what is it called?

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Between the arachnoid meninx and the pia mater - this is called the subarachnoid space

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What is the name for the gap in the skull where the CSF flows?

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subarachnoid space

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d: ventricles

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a set of hollow chambers within the brain filled with CSF.

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where is CSF made?

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the ventricles, by the choroid plexus

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Where is the forebrain?

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The whole top of the brain, from the front down to before that weird bit at the bottom at the back

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Where is the midbrain?

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Directly continues from where the spinal cord meets the brain, on top of the hindbrain

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Where is the hindbrain?

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The weird bit at the back at the bottom of the brain & the brain stem

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Which ventricles are in the forebrain?

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lateral & third

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Which ventricle is in the midbrain?

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cerebral aqueduct

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Which ventricle is in the hindbrain?

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Fourth

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Which is the largest section of the brain?

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The forebrain

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What is the cerebral cortex?

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Thin, wrinkled layer of tissue covering the brain consisting of two hemispheres

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d: gyrus

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bumps in the cerebral cortex

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d: sulcus

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dips in the cerebral cortex

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d: fissure

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especially deep sulcus (dips) in the cerebral cortex

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what is the corpus callosum?

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the section that joins the two hemispheres and aids communication between them

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What are the 4 lobes of the brain?

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The frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe

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Where is the parietal lobe?

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mid-back at the top of the brain

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Where is the temporal lobe?

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across the bottom of the brain (not including the hindbrain or the very back of the brain)

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Where is the occipital lobe?

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A small section at the back of the brain

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What is the cerebrum?

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The forebrain excluding the thalamus and hypothalamus

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Is grey matter on this inside or outside of the brain?

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Outside (predominantly)

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What is grey matter made up of?

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Cell bodies & neurons

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What is white matter made up of?

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axons & dendrites

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Is white matter predominantly on the inside or outside of the brain?

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Inside

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What is the function of the white matter?

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It serves to transmit signals to other regions of the brain, spinal cord, and body.

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What is the function of the grey matter?

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It largely functions to receive information and regulate outgoing information

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What does the somatosensory cortex do?

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Receives info from the body senses, different regions receive info from different parts of the body.

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What are the subdivisions of the forebrain?

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telencephalon (cerebrum) & diencephalon

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What are the principle sturctures of the telencephalon?

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cerebral cortex, basal ganglia & limbic system

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What are the principle structures of the diencephalon?

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thalamus, hypothalamus & mamillary bodies

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What is the subdivision of the midbrain?

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mesencephalon

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What are the primary structure of the mesencephalon?

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tectum & tegmentum

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What are the subdivisions of the hindbrain?

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metencephalon & myelencephalon

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What are the primary structures of the metencephalon?

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Cerebellum & pons

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What is the primary structure of the myelencephalon

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medulla oblongata

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What is the limbic system involved in?

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Memory, learning & emotions

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What are the key areas on the limbic system?

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limbic cortex, hippocampus. amygdala, fornix, mammillary bodies (part of the hypothalamus)

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What is the basal ganglia involved in?

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Movement

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What are the major structures in the basal ganglia?

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*Caudate Nucleus
*Putamen
*Globus Pallidus

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What is the thalamus involved in?

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Sensory relay for all senses apart from smell, it holds things like the LGN (think sensation & perception)

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What is the hypothalamus involved in?

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Regulating the autonomic nervous system, controlling the pituitary gland, producing hormones for the endocrine system

It is primarily concerned with body and its regulation: fighting, feeding, fleeing, mating

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What are the primary structures in the tectum & their function?

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superior colliculi – subcortical sensory pathway involved in fast eye movements (vision)

inferior colliculi - part of auditory pathway

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What are the primary structures in the tegmentum & their function?

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  1. reticular formation -sleep and wake cycle
  2. red nucleus -movement
  3. substantia nigra -movement (this is where parkison’s happens)
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What are the pons involved in?

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  • part of the reticular formation (coordinates survival)
  • involved in sleep and arousal
  • link between cerebellum and cerebrum
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What is the cerebellum involved in?

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  • involved in motor coordination and smooth execution of movement
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What is the medulla involved in?

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It is involved in basic life functions, such as breathing, swallowing, vomiting, coughing, and sneezing heart rate and wake-sleep cycles.

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Is white matter predominantly on the inside or outside of the spinal cord?

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Outside

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Is grey matter predominantly on the inside or outside of the spinal cord?

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inside

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Where does the spinal cord meet the brain?

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the medulla

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What are the 2 primary components of the spinal cord?

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dorsal & ventral roots

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What is the function of the dorsal roots?

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carry sensory information to the CNS - afferent

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What is the function of the ventral roots?

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carry motor information to the muscles and glands away from the CNS - efferent

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What does afferent mean in the context of the spinal cord

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carry sensory information to the CNS (dorsal roots)

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What does efferent mean in the context of the spinal cord?

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carry motor information to the muscles and glands away from the CNS - the ventral roots

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What is the peripheral nervous system?

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The nervous system located outside of the skull & spine - cranial nerves & spinal nerves

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What are the 2 systems within the peripheral nervous system?

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Somatic & autonomic nervous systems

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What is the somatic nervous system?

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The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the movement of skeletal muscles or transmits somatosensory information to the central nervous system.

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What are spinal nerves?

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peripheral nerves attached to the spinal cord

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What is the autonomic nervous system?

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The portion of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s vegetative functions, like regulation of smooth muscles, cardiac muscle and glands

Composed of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

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What is the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system?

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fight or flight response

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What is the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system?

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rest & restore

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What is meant by somatotopic organization?

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The parts of the somatosensory cortex are divided so each part controls the function of 1 independent area.

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where is an axial section of the brain?

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from front o back like you’re looking at it from the top

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where is an coronal section of the brain?

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across the 2 hemispheres

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