LAB 4: Neural Tissue and Anatomy of CNS Flashcards
What are the four neuroglia found in the CNS?
- microglia
- oligodendrocytes
- astrocytes
- microglia
Which of the neuroglia are most like the astrocytes? Why?
-EPENDYMAL CELLS control what enters CFS similar to how the astrocytes patrol and monitors blood-brain barrier
What are the two neuroglia found in the PNS?
- satellite cells
- Schwann cells
How would you classify a Purkinje cell structurally?
-MULTIPOLAR
What are the three sets of partitions that axons are surrounded by?
- EDONEURIUM
- EPINEURIUM
- PERINEURIUM
What is the tissue that makes up the three partitions?
-CONNECTIVE tissue
What is a bundle of AXONS in the CNS called?
-TRACT
What is the disease that results from DEMYELINATION that affects the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerve?
-MULITPLE SCLEROSIS
What are the symptoms of MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
- partial loss of vision
- problems with speech, balance, and in/voluntary motor control
What NEUROGLIA are affected with MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
- Schwann cells
- Oligodendrocytes
What is the function of the CEREBRUM?
- largest part of the brain - thought and action
- divided into 4 lobes
What is the function of the EPITHALAMUS?
- PINEAL GLAND: secretes melatonin
- CHOROID PLEXUS: supplies material for production of CSF
What is the FUNCTION of the THALAMUS?-
-filters and relays sensory information to the CEREBRUM
What is the function of the HYPOTHALAMUS?
- controls ANS
- endocrine system
- thirst
- hunger
- body temp.
What is the function of the MIDBRAIN?
- regulates basal nuclei
- maintains consciousness
- initiates reflexes
What is the function of the PONS?
- connects cerebellum to the rest of the brain
- modifies respiratory rate
What is the function of the MEDULLA OBLONGATA?
- controls heart rate & force of contraction
- blood pressure
- respiratory rate
- majority of motor tracts cross over here (decussation of pyramids)
What is the function of the CEREBELLUM?
-plans, coordinates movement to prevent loss of balance and overshooting
What is the function of the LONGITUDINAL FISSURE?
- separates LEFT and RIGHT CEREBRAL hemispheres
What is the function of the TRANSVERSE FISSURE?
-separates CEREBELLUM from CEREBRUM
What is the function of the LATERAL SULCUS?
-separates PARIETAL LOBE from TEMPORAL LOBE
What is the function of the CENTRAL SULCUS?
-separates the PARIETAL LOBE from the FRONTAL LOBE
What is the function of the PRECENTRAL GYRUS?
-primary MOTOR cortex
What is the function of the POSTCENTRAL GYRUS?
-primary SENSORY cortex
What is the function of the FRONTAL LOBE?
- cognition
- motor control
What is the function of the PARIETAL LOBE?
-general senses
What is the function of the OCCIPITAL LOBE?
-vision
What is the function of the TEMPORAL LOBE?
- hearing
- smell
What is the function of the INSULA?
-taste
What is the function of the CEREBRAL CORTEX?
- grey matter
- conscious perception of sensory perception of sensory input
- integration
- initiation of motor activities
What is the function of the WHITE MATTER TRACTS?
-relays info through the brain
What is the function of the CORPUS COLLOSUM?
-commissural fibres relay information between the LEFT and RIGHT hemispheres