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Lab: Gross Anatomy Of The Brain And Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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3 major regions of the brain

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Forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain

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4 chambers of the brain

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Ventricles

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Most superior portion of the brain

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Cerebral hemispheres

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Elevated ridges of tissue

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Gyri

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Shallow grooves

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Sulci

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Deeper grooves

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Fissures

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The region that contains the olfactory area in the temporal lobe along its medial surface

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Uncus

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Specialized motor speech area

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Broca’s area

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An area in which unfamiliar words are sounded out

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Wernicke’s area

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The outmost gray matter of the cerebrum where cell bodies of cerebral neurons are found

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Cerebral cortex

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Most superior portion of the brain stem; embryologically part of the forebrain

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Diencephalon

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Where the fibers of the optic nerves partially cross over

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Optic chiasma

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Means bridge; consists primarily of motor and sensory fiber tracts connecting the brain with the lower CNS centers

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Pons

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Lowest brain stem region composed primarily of fiber tracts

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Medulla oblongata

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Major commissure connecting the cerebral hemispheres

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Corpus callosum

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A bandlike fiber tract concerned with olfaction as well as limbic system functions and the septum pellucidum

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Fornix

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Separates the lateral ventricles of the cerebral hemispheres

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Septum pellucidum

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Consists of two large lobes of gray matter that laterally enclose the shallow third ventricle of the brain

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Thalamus

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A tiny orifice connecting the third ventricle with the lateral ventricle on the same side

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Interventricular foramen

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Makes up the floor and the inferolateral walls of the third ventricle; an important autonomic center involved in regulation of body temp, water balance, and fat and carbohydrate metabolism as well as in many other activities and drives (sex, hunger, thirst)

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Hypothalamus

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A slender stalk on the anterior floor of the hypothalamus that holds the pituitary gland

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Infundibulum

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Relay stations for olfaction, bulge exteriorly from the floor of the hypothalamus just posterior to the pituitary gland

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Mammillary bodies

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Forms the roof of the third ventricle and is the most dorsal portion of the diencephalon

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Epithalamus

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An important structure in the epithalamus that is a neuroendocrine structure

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Pineal body (gland)

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An important structure of the epithalamus that is knotlike collections of capillaries within each ventricle, form the cerebrospinal fluid

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Choroid plexus

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Part of the brain stem; A slender canal traveling through the midbrain; it connects the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle in the hindbrain below

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Cerebral aqueduct

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The midline lobe that connects the 3 lobes of the cerebellum

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The treelike branching of the cerebellar white matter; aka the tree of life

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Arbor vitae

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Three connective tissue membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord

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The outermost meninx; leathery, double layered; attached to the inner surface of the skull and forms the outermost brain covering

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Dura mater

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The middle meninx; weblike; underlies the dura mater

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Arachnoid mater

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Innermost meninx; highly vascular and clings tenaciously to the surface of the brain

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Forms cerebrospinal fluid; small capillary knots hanging from the roof of the ventricles of the brain

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Choroid plexuses

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The cerebrospinal fluid circulates from the two lateral ventricles into the third ventricle via the what?

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Interventricular foramina

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Cranial nerve I

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Olfactory- purely sensory; carries afferent impulses associated with sense of smell

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Cranial nerve II

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Optic; purely sensory- carries afferent impulses associated with vision

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Cranial nerve III

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Oculomotor; primarily motor- somatic motor fibers to inferior oblique and superior, inferior, and medial rectus muscles, which direct eyeball, and to levator palpebrae muscles of the superior eyelid; parasympathetic fibers to iris and smooth muscle controlling lens shape

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Cranial nerve IV

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Trochlear; primarily motor- provides somatic motor fibers to superior oblique muscle

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Cranial nerve V

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Trigeminal; mixed- major sensory nerve of face

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Cranial nerve VI

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Abducens; carries motor fibers to lateral rectus muscle of eye

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Cranial nerve VII

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Facial; supplies somatic motor fibers to muscles of facial expression and parasympathetic motor fibers to lacrimal and salivary glands; carries sensory fibers from taste receptors of anterior portion of tongue

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Cranial nerve VIII

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Vestibulocochlear; sense of equilibrium, cochlear branch transmits impulses associated with hearing from cochlea

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Cranial nerve IX

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Glossopharyngeal; Pharyngeal muscles, salivary glands, sensory fibers carry impulses from pharynx, tonsils, posterior tongue

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Cranial nerve X

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Vagus; pharynx and larynx, heart and smooth muscles of the abdominal visceral organs

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Cranial nerve XI

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Accessory; sternocleidomastiod and trapezius muscles and muscles of the soft palate, pharynx, and larynx

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Cranial nerve XII

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Hypoglossal; carries somatic motor fibers to muscles of tongue

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