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Lecture 1 Flashcards

1
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CNS

A

brain and spinal cord
arises from neural tube

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Neural tube

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made of ecodermal cells
has fluid filled cavities (ventricles) which contain CSF

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PNS

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spinal nerves
cranial nerves
sympathetic & parasympathetic nerves
all associated ganglia

enteric nervous system

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4
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3 vesicle stage

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Prosencephalon/forebrain
Mesencephalon/midbrain
Rhombencephalon/hindbrain

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5 vesicle stage

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Telecephalon
Diencephalon
Mesencephalon
Metencephalon
Myelencephalon

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Telecephalon becomes…

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cerebral hemispheres
cerebral cortex
subcortical white matter
basal ganglia

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7
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Diencephalon becomes…

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thalamus
hypothalamus
epithalamus

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Mesencephalon becomes…

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cerebral peduncles
midbrain tectum
midbrain tegmentum

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9
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Metencephalon becomes…

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pons
cerebellum

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Myelencephalon becomes…

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medulla

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11
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Flexures of embryo

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Cephalic & Cervical

we lose the cervical, cephalic becomes the axis of the brain

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12
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Midbrain axises

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superior = rostral
inferior = caudal
anterior = ventral
posterior = dorsal

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Remainder of brain axises

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superior = dorsal
inferior = ventral
anterior = rostral
posterior = caudal

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14
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Brainstem

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midbrain
pons
medulla

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15
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choroid plexus

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produce CSF
present on 3rd/4th ventricle roof & roof/floor of lateral ventricles

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CSF roles

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provide support for brain/nervous system
regulate chemical environment of brain/ns
acts as a channel for chemical communicators

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17
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Pia mater

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innermost, very delicate and adheres to surface of brain and spinal cord

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Arachnoid mater

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joins but is night tightly bound to dura, leaving the subdural space

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Dura mater

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thickest and outermost of the membranes. serves protective function

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Falx cerebri

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dura mater that separates the two cerebral hemispheres

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21
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Tentorium cerebelli

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separates the cerebellum from central hemispheres

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22
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Cell body

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contains nucleus

23
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dendrites

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receive most inputs to cell

24
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axons

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carry most outputs

25
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synapses

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communication between neurons

26
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myelin sheath

A

insulated axons

27
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oligodendrocytes

A

form myelin in CNS

28
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Schwann cells

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form myelin in PNS

29
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nodes of ranvier

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unmyleninated axon
voltage-gated ion channels
conduction from node to node occurs by saltatory conduction

30
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glial cells

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axons are insulated by specialized glial cells that form a lipid myelin sheath that speeds the rate of action potential conduction

31
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unipolar neuron

A

axon and dendrite from single process from cell body

32
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bipolar neuron

A

single dendrite and axon from cell body

33
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pseudounipolar neuron

A

has two processes; one goes to CNS, the other to the PNS

34
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multipolar neuron

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most in brain and spinal cord
multiple branches of axons and dendrites

35
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Projection neurons

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multipolar neurons w/long axons.
communicate to the PNS
axon terminals are at distant sites

36
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Interneurons

A

multipolar neurons w/short axons
remain in same region as the cell body location
processes info within the brain region

37
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Functions of chemical transmitters

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neuromodulation
mediate rapid communication between neurons

38
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Neuromodulation

A

cellular signaling
can regulate synaptic transmission, neuronal growth, etc
can inhibit or facilitate signaling of neuron

39
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glutamate

A

most common excitatory chemical transmitter in CNS

40
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AcTH

A

most common excitatory chemical transmitter in PNS

41
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White matter brain

A

myleinated axons

42
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Gray matter brain

A

cell bodies

43
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Commisure

A

white matter structure that connects right and left sides of CNS

corpus collusm, anterior/posterior commissure, hippocampal commissure

44
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Ganglia

A

cluster of cell bodies in PNS

45
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Afferent

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takes information towards the brain
sensory

46
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Efferent

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takes information away from the brain
motor

47
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SNS arises from

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throacic and lumbar spinal levels, T1-L3

48
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Parasympathetic nervous system arises from

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cranial nerves and sacral levels (S2-S4)

49
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Autonomic nervous system is controlled by

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higher centers in hypothalamus, limbic system, and afferent info from PNS

50
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M1 and S1

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are mapped with a motor or sensory homuculus
motor focuses more on limbs, sensory has teeth, tongue, GI, etc.

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V1

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retinal areas mapped in retinotopic fashion

52
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A1

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mapped in tonotopic representation, sensing different frequencies

53
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Cerebral cortex layers

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comprised of neocortex (6), paleocortex (6+), archiocortex (3)
allows for higher brain function

54
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Neocortex

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6 cell layers
1 = dendrites, some axons
2/3 = neurons that go to other areas of cortex
4 = inputs from thalamus
5 = goes to subcortical structures, brainstem, spinal cord, basal ganglia
6 = goes to thalamus

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