Motor development, control and learning Flashcards
When the posterior neural tube does not close it results in
Spinal bifida
Develops into the brain, spinal cord, or the CNS
The neural tube
Fibers begin in dorsal root ganglia and exit the spinal cord.
messages along these fibers carry____information
Afferent, Sensory
Fibers begin in ventral horn and carry____messages to the appropriate target.
Efferent, Motor
Lobe controls cognitive, impulse control and contains motor cortex
Frontal
Lobe control visual
Occipital
Lobe controls language centers
Temporal
Lobe receives messages from all sensory neurons
Parietal
Influences sexual behaviors, feeding, hormone output of the pituitary gland and body temp. regulation
Hypothalamus
The NS that can regenerate and what it is know as?
PNS regenerates after injury known as plasticity
Infant & toddler
0-3
Childhood
3-12
Adolesence
12-20
Young adulthood
20-40
Middle adulthood
40-65