Module 11 Flashcards
What type of cells produce CSF?
Ependymal Cells
Flow of CSF?
Lateral ventricles – 3rd & 4th ventricules – subarachnoid space – Central canal of spinal cord – venous circulation
CSF is produced by the _____
Chorid Plexuses
Majority of CSF is made in the____?
Lateral ventricles
Functions of CSF?
Provides nutrients to the CNS tissues, protective cushion around the brain and spinal cord, protects the brain rains the shock of rapid head movements
Two layers of Dura Mater ____?
Arachnoid Mater & Pia Mater
The majority of the CSF fluid enters the ventricles by following which kind of concentration gradient?
Sodium Ions
This type of Memory is used as you cross the street looking both ways. Or when you’re playing chess
Working Memory
This memory is accessed when we are functioning while trying to remember something
Working Memory
Refers to a portion of long-term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experienc
Semantic
Thought to be the center of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system
Hippocampus
Awake & Engaged
Beta Waves
Relaxed, mind is wandering, non-focused
Alpha Waves
Early sleep in young children // early stages of sleep
Theta Waves
Deep sleep or brain damage (coma)
Delta Waves
It controls the basic emotions (fear, pleasure, anger) and drives (hunger, sex, dominance, care of offspring)
The Limbic System
Emotional and Pleasure Centers?
The Limbic System
Without the ______ you couldn’t have memory, reproduction or nutrition
The Limbic System
Addictions are primarily housed in what region of the brain?
The Limbic System
Function of the Reticular Activating System (RAS)?
Maintain the brain in a state of alertness or arousal
Damage to what area of the brain would cause Narcolepsy?
RAS
Structure in the rostral midbrain involved in motor coordination?
The Red Nucleus
What is located in the midbrain & plays an important role in reward & movement?
The Substantia Nigra Black
What causes the Red Nucleus to be red?
Iron
The largest part of the human brain?
Cerebrum
Associated with higher brain function such as thought and action?
Cerebrum
The cerebral cortex is divided into four sections, called ____?
Lobes
What are the 4 lobes?
Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe
Where is the Primary Auditory Cortex located?
Superior part of the temporal lobe?
Occipital lobe?
Eyes
Numerous bumps in the surface of the cerebrum?
Gyri
The valleys/grooves in the brain?
Sulci
What brain structure is responsible for muscle tone, balance, and coordination?
Cerebellum
Analytical side of brain?
Left brain
Problem solving, math, science?
Left Brained
Artistic side of the brain?
Right Brained
Creativity, Music, Art?
Right Brained
4 regions of the brain?
Cerebrum, Diecephalon, Brain Stem, Cerebellum
Primary Motor Cortex, Premotor Area, Motor Speech Are (Brocha’s Area), Prefrontal Area are all apart of what lobe?
Frontal Lobe
Primary Somatic Sensory Cortex & taste area are associate with what lobe?
Parietal Lobe
Primary Auditory Cortex, Auditory Association Area, Sensory Speech Area (Wernick’s Area) are associated with what lobe?
Temporal Lobe
Visual Association Area, Visual Cortex are associated with what lobe of the brain?
Occipital Lobe
Taste, hand & eye movement?
The Insula
Memory, attention, perception, thought, movement, language, consciousness are associated with ______?
Cerebral Cortex
3 Main Divisons of the cerebral cortex?
Motor areas, sensory areas, association areas
Another name for Primary Motor Cortex?
Precentral Gyrus
Functions of Primary Motor Cortex?
Planning, initiation and execution
Initiates muscle & movements necessary for speech? (can’t pronounce words with damage)
Broca’s Area
Auditory or visual comprehension of language? (can’t form sentences if damaged)
Wernicke’s Area
What do we call the gray matter deep in the cerebrum?
Nuclei
3 types of fibers?
Association fibers, commissural fibers, projection fibers
Information within the same hemisphere?
Association Fibers?
Information across hemispheres?
Commissural Fibers
Cerebrum to other parts of the CNS?
Projection Fibers
Wernicke’s Area also in _____ lobe?
Parietal lobe
3 parts the diencephalon?
Thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus
Relay center for information coming into the cerebral cortex? (sensory impulses)
The Thalamus