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Introduction to Functional Organisation of the CNS Flashcards

1
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What makes up the CNS?

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Brain
Spinal cord
Retina

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What makes up the PNS?

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Nerves

Ganglia

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3
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Where does the long axis of the CNS bend?

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Cephalic flexure

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4
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What is the basic structure of the brain?

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Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Brain stem
Spinal cord
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Basal ganglia
Limbic system
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5
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How many nuclei make up the basal ganglia?

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5

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6
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What do the basal ganglia do?

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Control motion and movement

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7
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What does the limbic system do?

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Regulate emotion

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8
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What is grey matter?

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Cell bodies of CNS

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9
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Where is grey matter in the brain?

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Edge of cerebrum

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10
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How thick is grey matter in the brain?

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0.5 cm

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11
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What is white matter?

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Axons

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12
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What are axons?

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Long processes from neurons

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13
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What is myelin?

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Insulating sheath around axons to allow transmission of information over long distances rapidly

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14
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What is a T1 MRI image similar to?

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Anatomical picture - white matter is white

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15
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What is the cerebrum divided into?

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Two cerebral hemispheres

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16
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What divides the two cerebral hemispheres?

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Longitudinal fissure

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17
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What is a ridge called?

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Gyrus; pl: gyri

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18
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What is a groove called?

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Sulcus; pl: sulci

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19
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What is the cerebrum responsible for?

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Thing that makes us, us
Language
Emotions
Self-awareness
Behaviour
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20
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What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?

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Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital

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21
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How are the four lobes divided?

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Broadly separated by specific structural locations

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22
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What is the functional significance of the cerebral lobes?

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Limited

Have broad functional differences - not specific

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23
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What does the frontal lobe broadly control?

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Motor control

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24
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What does the parietal lobe broadly control?

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Sensory control

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25
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What divides the frontal and parietal lobes?

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Central sulcus

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26
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Where is the precentral gyrus?

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In frontal lobe anterior to central sulcus

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27
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Where is the postcentral gyrus?

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In parietal lobe posterior to central sulcus

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28
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What are Brodmann areas based on?

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Cellular differences

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29
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Do Brodmann areas have any significance?

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Yes, they have some significance

Most advanced method of labelling brain

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30
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What do PET scans identify?

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Areas that are metabolically active with certain stimuli

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31
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Which lobe is active when hearing words?

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Temporal lobe

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32
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Which lobe is active when seeing words?

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Occipital lobe

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33
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Which lobes are active when speaking words?

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Frontal and parietal lobes

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34
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What does the cerebellum do?

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Compares what you want to do with what you are doing

Refines motor program

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35
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How can you test cerebellar function?

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Touch nose with finger

If there’s a problem, person can’t touch nose because muscle movements aren’t corrected

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36
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What proportion of the neurons of the brain does the cerebellum have?

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Half

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37
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What are the basal ganglia involved in?

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Motor control

38
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What do the basal ganglia do?

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Select and initiate voluntary movement

39
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Which part of the brain do the basal ganglia connect to and work with?

40
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What are two diseases involving basal ganglia?

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Parkinson’s disease

Huntington’s disease

41
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What are the five nuclei of the basal ganglia?

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Caudate
Putamen
Globus pallidus
Subthalamic nuclei
Substantia nigra
42
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What makes up the striatum?

A

Caudate

Putamen

43
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Where are the basal ganglia located?

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Close to midline

44
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Where is the substantia nigra located?

A

Brain stem

45
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Where is the thalamus?

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In diencephalon

46
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Where is the diencephalon?

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A wall in the middle of the brain

47
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What is the thalamus responsible for?

A

Sensory relay to cortex

48
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What type of input is sensory input?

49
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What is the thalamus made up of?

A

Many nuclei

50
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What is the broad role of thalamic nuclei?

A

Integrate info

51
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What three ways do thalamic nuclei project?

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Relay sensory information
Relay non-sensory information from cortex and basal ganglia to specific areas
Project globally to cortex
- Controls arousal and sleep
- Secondary role
52
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Where is the hypothalamus?

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Floor of diencephalon

In middle of brain near midline

53
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What does the hypothalamus do?

A

Regulate homeostasis

54
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What does the hypothalamus control?

A 
Blood pressure and electrolyte levels
Temperature
Reproduction
Energy metabolism
Stress responses
55
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What does the brain stem control?

A

Unconscious survival functions

  • HR
  • Breathing
  • Complex reflexes
    • Sneezing
    • Coughing
56
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What are cranial nerves?

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Sensory and motor control to face and deeper structures

57
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What part of the brain does the spinal cord continue on from?

A

Medulla in brain stem

58
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What encloses the spinal cord?

59
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Where is the grey matter in the spinal cord?

60
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What is the spinal cord grey matter divided into?

A

Dorsal horns
Ventral horns
Intermediate zone

61
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What is the spinal cord white matter divided into?

A

Dorsal columns
Ventral columns
Lateral columns

62
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What information does the dorsal part of the spinal cord carry?

63
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What information does the ventral part of the spinal cord carry?

64
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Where does the spinal cord end?

A

Around L1/L2

65
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T/F: Each vertebra has corresponding spinal segment

66
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How many nerves does each spinal segment give rise to?

67
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What is the cauda equina

A

Continues on from spinal cord

Individual strands of lumbar nerves

68
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What forms a spinal nerve?

A

Dorsal root

Ventral root

69
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What information does the dorsal root carry?

70
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What information does the ventral root carry?

71
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What is in a dorsal root ganglion?

A

Neuronal somata

72
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What type of nerve is a spinal nerve, in terms of information?

73
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What type of nerve are most peripheral nerves?

74
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What is a dermatome?

A

Region of body innervated by bilateral pair of dorsal root ganglia

75
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What is the ventricular system?

A

Hollow centre of brain forming ventricles

76
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What does the brain sit in?

77
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Where is CSF made?

A

Ventricles

78
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What are the names of the ventricles?

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Lateral ventricle
- Largest
- Close to midline
Third ventricle
- Near diencephalon
Fourth ventricle
- Near cerebellum
79
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What makes CSF?

A

Vascular choroid plexus

80
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What is CSF?

A

Ultrafiltrate plasma
No cells
Little protein

81
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What is the choroid plexus?

A

Specialised epithelial cells

82
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Where is the choroid plexus?

A

In ventricles

83
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Where does CSF flow out of the ventricles?

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At fourth ventricle

84
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What is the role of CSF?

A

Nourishes brain

Protects brain from movement

85
Q

What protects the brain?

A

Skull

Meninges

86
Q

What are the three layers of meninges, from out to in?

A 
Dura
- Thickest
Arachnoid
- Fibrous
Pia
- Thinnest
87
Q

Where is CSF absorbed into the venous system?

A

Arachnoid mater

88
Q

What protects the ECF in the brain?

A

Blood brain barrier (BBB)

89
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What is the BBB dependent on?

A

Tight junctions between endothelial cells in capillaries

90
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What kind of transport is most common across the BBB?

A

Active transport

91
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What happens when the BBB breaks down?

A

Neuron death

Immune cells of CNS enter body > wreak havoc

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