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Lab Exam 4 (ch 11&12) Flashcards

1
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Facilitate formation of the blood brain barrier in the CNS

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Astrocytes

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2
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Myelinate axons in the CNS

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Oligodendrocytes

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3
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Myelinate axons in the PNS

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Schwann Cells

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4
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Act as phagocytes in the CNS

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Microglial Cells

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5
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Circulate and secrete cerebrospinal fluid in the CNS

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Ependymal Cells

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6
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Surround and support cell bodies in the PNS

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Satellite Cells

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7
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Consists of cranial nerves and spinal nerves

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Peripheral Nervous System

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8
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Consists only the brain and spinal cord

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Central Nervous System

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9
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Afferent

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Sensory

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10
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Efferent

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Motor

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11
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Voluntary motor control

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Somatic nervous system

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12
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Visceral involuntary control

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Autonomic nervous system

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13
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Fight or flight response that mobilizes the body during activity

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Sympathetic

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14
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Rest and digest state to conserve energy

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Parasympathetic

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15
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A groove or furrow, especially within the surface of the brain

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Sulcus

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16
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A ridge or cleft between two clefts on the central surface of the brain

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Gyrus

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17
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A deeper groove on brain

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Fissure

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18
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the primary commissural region of the brain consisting of white matter tracts that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

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Corpus callosum

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19
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planning and executing movement,
complex mental processes (conscience,
personality, problem solving)

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Frontal lobe

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20
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processing and integrating
sensory information, attention

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Parietal lobe

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21
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hearing, smell, memory, emotion, some language aspects

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Temporal lobe

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22
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primary visual cortex

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Occipital lobe

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23
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lots of effects. seen by prying the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes apart; taste and visceral sensations

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Insula (lobe)

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24
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Broca’s Area location and function

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Frontal lobe and language production

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25
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Wernicke’s area function and location

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Temporarl lobe and language comprehension

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26
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separates two sides of brain

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Longitudinal fissure

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27
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Frontal lobe is separated by the

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Central sulcus

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28
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The most posterior part of the frontal lobe is the

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Precentral gyrus

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29
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The most anterior part of the parietal lobe is the

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Postcentral gyrus

30
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Temporal lobe is separated by the

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Lateral sulcus/fissure

31
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The ______ are paired masses of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere that coordinate movement

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Basal nuclei

32
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The limbic system include

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Hippocampus and amygdala

33
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memory and learning

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Hippocampus

34
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plays a role in behavioral expression and emotion

35
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controls information entry into the cerebral cortex; edits, sorts and routes stimuli

36
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regulates autonomic nervous system
• Sleep/wake cycle
• Thirst/hunger
• Body temperature
• Hormone production
• Controls secretion from the pituitary gland

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Hypothalamus

37
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processes and routes visual and
auditory stimuli to the thalamus, motor fibers from cerebral cortex, monitors movement from basal nuclei

38
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breathing, reflexes, sleep/wake cycle

39
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white matter for movement
and sensation, regulates homeostatic functions

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Medulla oblangata

40
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sleep and arousal, pain transmission, mood regulation, involved in many homeostatic functions

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Reticular formation

41
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Function of recollective memory

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Mammillary body

42
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Secretaries melatonin

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Pineal gland

43
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monitors and coordinates
movement

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Cerebellum

44
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Internal white matter looks like a tree in cerebellum

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Arbor vitae

45
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of ventricles are small capillaries in each of the 4 ventricles that produce the CSF

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Choroid plexus

46
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receive information about smells from the nose and send it to the brain by way of the olfactory tracts.

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Olfactory bulb

47
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connects the olfactory bulb to the remainder of the cerebral cortex.

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Olfactory tract

48
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carry visual information from the optic chiasm to the left and right lateral geniculate bodies as a part of the visual pathway

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Optic tract

49
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channels that connect the paired lateral ventricles with the third ventricle at the midline of the brain.

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Interverticular foremen

50
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a fluid-filled canal that runs through the midbrain connecting the third and fourth ventricles.

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Cerebral aqueduct

51
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take signals from PNS to CNS

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Afferent neurons – sensory

52
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take signals from CNS to effectors

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Efferent neurons – motor

53
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carries information away from the cell body

54
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carries information to the cell body

55
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ribosomes and rough ER in the cell body

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Nissl bodies

56
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insulation around axon and makes conduction faster

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Myelin sheath

57
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cell membrane surrounding axon

58
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cytoplasm within the axon

59
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where axon originates from cell body

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Axon hillock

60
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branches from central axon

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Collaterals

61
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fine branches at the end of axons

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Telodendria

62
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(synaptic knobs): innervates target cells

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Axon terminals

63
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spaces between myelin sheath allowing conduction

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Node of raniver

64
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one axon with two or more dendrites and usually a branched dendritic tree
• Motor (efferent), interneurons
• Location: most neurons in CNS and motor neurons in PNS

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Multipolar neurons

65
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one axon and one dendrite
• Sensory (afferent)
• Location: special sense organs in PNS (retina)

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Bipolar neurons

66
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single short process that splits into two axons with no dendrites
• Sensory (afferent)
• Location: sensory neurons in the PNS associated with pain, touch, vibrations

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Psuedounipolar neurons

67
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-70 to -55

68
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Reaches threshold at

69
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-55 to +30

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Depolarizing phass

70
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+30 to -70

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Repolarizing phase

71
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presynaptic and postsynaptic membrane separated by synaptic cleft
• diffusion of neurotransmitters across the synaptic cleft causes an action potential in the postsynaptic membrane

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Chemical synapse

72
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joined by gap junctions allowing electrical currents to flow through cells

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Electrical synapse

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