modules 11-12 Flashcards

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1
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Medulla Oblongota

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Life supporting reflexes- breathing, heart rate, swallowing, vomiting
-contains ascending and descending nerve tracts
Contains decussation

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2
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decussation

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crossing over

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3
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where is the corpora quadrigenina located

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Midbrain

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4
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What are the two parts of the corpora quadrigemina

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superior colliculi and inferior colliculi

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What is the superior colliculi’s job

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Visual reflex center- controls eye movement

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Inferior colliculi

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auditory input- move your head and eyes to where the sound was

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7
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what is the substantial nigra part of?

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basal ganglia of the Midbrain

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8
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what disease do you get if your substantial nigra is severed?

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Parkinson’s disease

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9
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cerebellum

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Movement, balance, learning motor skills

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10
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What would happen if you damaged the cerebellum?

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Jerky movements and intention tremors

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11
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Diencephalon is made up of what?

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Thalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus

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Thalamus

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Relay for sensor information- sensory info synapses here before projecting to cerebrum

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13
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What are 2 parts of the thalamus?

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Medial geniculate nucleus and lateral geniculate nucleus

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14
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Medial geniculate nucleus

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auditory information

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15
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lateral geniculate nucleus

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visual information

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16
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epithalamus is made up of what two things

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habenula and pineal body

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17
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Pineal body functions

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Melatonin

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18
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Melatonin

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sleep, antioxidant(shift workers, alzheimers), delays onset of puberty

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19
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what delays onset of puberty?

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melatonin

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20
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Habenula

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emotional responses to odors/smell memory and other stuff

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21
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what does the pineal gland secrete?

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melatonin

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22
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Hypothalamus

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Regulation of body temp, thirst and hunger, helps regulate ANS functions, regulates endocrine function( growth hormone, thyroid hormone ect)

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23
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Precentral gyrus is AKA

A

primary motor cortex

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24
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Post central guru is AKA

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primary somatic sensory cortex

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25
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frontal lobe functions

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voluntary motor function, motivation, aggression, mood, personality

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26
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parietal lobe functions

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reception and evaluation of sensory touch

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27
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Occipital lobe functions

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reception and integration of visual input

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28
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Temporal lobe functions

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reception and evaluation for smell and hearing

29
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Broca’s area

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frontal lobe- initiates muscle movements necessary for speech

30
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wernicke’s area

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temporal lobe- auditory or visual comprehension of language

31
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what makes up the brain stem?

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Medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, reticular formation

32
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Pons functions

A

controls respiratory rate and function

33
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midbrain controls

A

reflexes

34
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where is the post central gyrus located?

A

parietal lobe

35
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where is the limbic sister located?

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part of cerebrum and diencephalon

36
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what does the limbic system control?

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appetites- food and sex

emotions- desires, rage, jealousy, aggression, memory, reproduction, survival

37
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when is out limbic system fully developed

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25 yo

38
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the limbic system is

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the natural man

39
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4 factors of the addictiveness of a substance

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  1. highly stimulating version of a natural product
  2. available in limitless supply
  3. comes in lots of varieties
  4. may cause a binge without realizing it is triggering brain changes
40
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three stages of memory?

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working, short-term, long-term

41
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how long does working memory last?

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seconds

42
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how long does short term memory last?

A

minutes to days

43
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What are the two types of long term memory?

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Declarative (explicit) and procedural(implicit)

44
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explicit memory involves

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test questions, address

45
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implicit memory involves

A

playing the piano

46
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where does working memory most occur?

A

frontal cortex

47
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where does short term memory occur?

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temporal lobe:
hippocampus- factual content
amygdala- emotional overtones

48
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consolidation

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occurs in long term memory

more and stronger sysanpses-> produce dendritic spine

49
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Memory engram

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series of neurons and their patter of activity

50
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Anterograde amnesia

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can’t make new memories after neurological insult

51
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why can’t you remember what happens after and accident?

A

anterograde amnesia

52
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retrograde amnesia

A

most common

difficulty retrieving memories that were from before the injury

53
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what is it called when you can’t remember what happened before the accident

A

retrograde amnesia

54
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shaken baby syndrome causes

A

venous- subdural hematomas

55
Q

epidural hemorrhages

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arterial- most superior type

56
Q

subarachnoid hemorrhages

A

vessels

57
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nerves with sensory functions

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olfactory, poetic, vestibulocochlear

58
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nerds with somatic motor functions

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Trochlear, abducens, accessory, hypoglossal

59
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nerves with somatic motor and sensory

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trigeminal

60
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nerves with Somatic motor, sensory, and parasympathetic

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facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus

61
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somatic motor and parasympathetic nerve

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oculomotor

62
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Olfactory nerve

A

smell

63
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optic nerve

A

vision

64
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oculomotor nerve

A

eyeball movement (somatic),
miosis( parasympathetic)
accommodation

65
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trochlear nerve

A

eyeball movement

66
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trigeminal nerve

A

chewing, sensory cutaneous innervation of head

67
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abducens nerve

A

eyeball movement

68
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facial nerve

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facial expression, taste, salivation and lacrimation

69
Q

capsaicin occurs in what type of food?

A

spicy food