Midterm Flashcards
What’s the Circle of Wilis?
a ring of nine arteries, which supply all of the blood to the cerebral hemispheres
Which artery provides blood to most of the cerebrum?
Internal Carotid Arteries
Which artery provide blood to the occipital and inferior temporal lobes and to the brainstem/cerebellar region?
Vertebral arteries
What areas of the brain are supplied by the anterior cerebral artery?
medial frontal and parietal lobes
What areas of the brain are supplied by the middle cerebral artery?
- > globus pallidus, putamen, most of lateral hemisphere, part of internal capsule, and caudate (pg 480, table 25.1)
- > supplies most of the lateral surface of the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
Branches of the vertebral arteries and branches of the basilar artery supply the…..?
brainstem and the cerebellum
Near the junction of the pons and the medulla, the vertebral arteries join to form the
basilar artery
The basilar artery divides to become the …?
posterior cerebral artery (continuing from the Circle of Willis)– the basilar artery and its branches supply the pons and most of the cerebellum
What area of the brain is supplied by the posterior cerebral artery?
midbrain, the entire occipital lobe, and inferior and medial surfaces of the temporal lobe
What area supplied from a branch of the posterior cerebral artery?
parts of the thalamus and hypothalamus
More than 90% of anterior circulation ischemic strokes affect the?
middle cerebral artery (i.e. most commonly injured)
the middle cerebral artery provides almost all of the oxygen and nourishment for the?
lateral surface of the cerebral hemisphere; occlusion of these branches may affect somatosensory, auditory, motor, and speech activities
What lobe is described below?
Frontal/Parietal/Temporal/Occipital/Limbic/Insular?
involved in a wide range of “higher” cognitive functions. It plays a role in everything from movement to intelligence, helps us anticipate the consequences of our actions, and aids in the planning of future actions.
Frontal
What lobe is described below?
Frontal/Parietal/Temporal/Occipital/Limbic/Insular?
- helps integrate sensory input and process language
- vital for sensory perception and integration, including the management of taste, hearing, sight, touch, and smell. It is home to the brain’s primary sensory area, a region where the brain interprets input from other areas of the body.
Parietal
What lobe is described below?
Frontal/Parietal/Temporal/Occipital/Limbic/Insular?
- plays a key role in auditory processing.
- This role includes perceiving sounds, assigning meaning to those sounds, and remembering sounds.
- Much of the auditory work of the _____ lobe is processed through the superior temporal gyrus, a ______ lobe structure that receives sound input directly from the ear.
temporal
What lobe is described below?
Frontal/Parietal/Temporal/Occipital/Limbic/Insular?
is the seat of most of the brain’s visual cortex, allowing you not only to see and process stimuli from the external world, but also to assign meaning to and remember visual perceptions.
Occipital
What lobe is described below?
Frontal/Parietal/Temporal/Occipital/Limbic/Insular?
- Part of brain region that is vital for the functioning of memory, learning, motivation, and emotion, as well as endocrine functions and some autonomic—automatic, unconscious—bodily functions.
- plays a role in a range of complex emotional reactions.
- One of the most critical roles is in the regulation of endocrine system responses to emotions, such as the adrenaline-based fight-or-flight response.
- Without any voluntary input, the ____ system triggers a reaction to perceived danger. It also regulates both conscious and unconscious functions such as sexual desire, some homeostatic mechanisms, and appetite.
Limbic
What lobe is described below?
Frontal/Parietal/Temporal/Occipital/Limbic/Insular?
- role in somatic states means that it provides an emotional context for physiological experiences.
- gives meaning to bodily states by, for example, helping you experience pain as unpleasant.
Insular
The cerebellum function is…?
balance
The thalamus function is…?
proprioception
Hippocampus functions ?
memory storage/memory facts
Basal ganglia is involved in…?
social and goal oriented behavior, movement, and emotions
Amygdala is involved in…?
emotions and motivation
Describe CSF
- regulates the extracellular milieu and protects the CNS.
- The meninges and buoyancy of the fluid provide protection to the brain by absorbing some of the impact when the head is struck.
What is neuroscience?
- Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary science that works closely with other discipline.
- Neuroscientists study the cellular, functional, behavioral, evolutionary, computational, molecular, cellular, and medical aspects of the nervous system.
What’s “the quest to understand the nervous system.”
Relatively new science concerned with the development, chemistry, structure, function and pathology of the nervous system
What type of injuries do you think would benefit from neuroplasticity?
STROKE, CVA
*M.S neuroplasticity would not work. OT can not repair the myelin sheath. M.S gets worse.
What is Neuroplasticity?
→ The brain’s ability to heal itself. We can not fix all injuries with neuroplasticity. We can not grow new cells with neuroplasticity