Muscles, Nervous Tissue, Brain Flashcards

1
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Muscles convert what

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Chemical energy into physical energy

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2
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Skeletal muscle

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Attached to bones and seen on exterior

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3
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Smooth muscle

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Essential for propelling material through internal tubes

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Cardiac muscle

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Walls of heart, pump blood

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All muscles are

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Excitable, contractile, elastic, extensible

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6
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Skeletal muscle cells are referred to what

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Muscle fibers because of their length

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Tendon

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End of a muscle where connective tissue layers merge to form the tendon which attaches to a bone

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Origin vs insertion

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Origin is more stationary and less moveable
Insertion is more flexible

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9
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Motor neurons

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Efferent because they travel away from brain

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10
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Sensory neurons

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Afferent and move towards brain

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Atrophy

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Muscle wastes away
Bone density will also decrease

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Hypertrophy

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Muscle fiber increases in size in response to exercise
This is Cameron’s goal

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Circular muscle

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Orbicularis oris

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Parallel muscles

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Have bundles of muscle fibers (fasicules) that run parallel to axis
Ex: Rectus abdominis and biceps brachii

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Convergent muscles

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Widespread muscle fibers that converge on common attachment site
Ex: pectoralis major

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16
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Pennate muscles

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Looks like a large feather

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Unipennate

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Fibers on same side of the tendon
Ex: extensor digitorum

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Bipennate

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Fibers on both sides of tendon
Ex: rectus femoris

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19
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Multipennate

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Tendon branches within the muscle
Ex: deltoid

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20
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Agonist

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Muscle that contracts to produce a desired movement

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Antagonist

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Muscle that opposes the prime move (agonist) and produces the opposite movement

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Synergistic

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Muscles that perform the same action
Ex: quadriceps femoris muscles are syngergistic for extending the leg at the knee joint

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23
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Aponeurosis

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Sometimes the tendon forms a thin, flattened sheet

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24
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Skeletal muscles named how?

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Shape, location, attachment, position, orientation of fibers, or function

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25
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Aging causes what

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Muscle atrophy, decreased cardiovascular performance, easy fatigue, loss of muscle muscle elasticity, and poor muscle healing after an injury

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26
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Restful breathing

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External intercostals; ribs move up and out during inhalation

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27
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Forced exhalation

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Internal intercostals
Draw the ribs together and depress the thorax

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28
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Restful exhalation

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Elastic recoil of lung tissue
Internal intercostals are not used

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29
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What separates the Rectus abdominis

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Tendinous intersections (inscriptions)

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30
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Rotator cuff muscles

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Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis
Glenohumeral joint

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31
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IT band

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Gluteus maximus and tensor fascia latae

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32
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IT band syndrome

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Where is passed over the lateral femoral condyle, it can cause friction and pain in runners

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33
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3 muscles insert at Pes Ansurine

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Sartorius, gracillis, and semitendinosus
Common site for bursitis, tendinitis

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34
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Compartment syndrome

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When pressure builds up inside fascial sheath of skeletal muscle because of bleeding or inflammation
Pressure compresses blood vessel and entire muscle will die due to lack of oxygen

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35
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Treatment for compartment syndrome

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Decompression fasciotomy
Cut open the leg
Delayed skin closure and grafting may be required

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36
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RICE

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Rest, ice, compression, and elevation

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37
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Retinaculum

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Band of thickened deep fascia around tendons that holds them in place
Ex: flexor retinaculum prevents bowstringing outwards (in wrist)

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38
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Nervous system

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PNS and CNS

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39
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CNS

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brain and spinal cord

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40
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PNS

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Cranial nerves and spinal nerves
Also ganglia

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Pathway

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PNS receptors process and evaluate sensory input so CNS can determine appropriate response and respond by sending impulses to effectors (muscles and glands)

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Sensory nervous system

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Somatic sensory: input that is consciously received (eyes, ears, skin)
Visceral sensory: input not consciously received (heart, blood vessels)

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43
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Motor nervous system

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Somatic motor: motor output voluntarily controlled; effector is skeletal muscle
Autonomic motor: motor output involuntarily controlled; effector is smooth muscle and cardiac muscle also glands

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44
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Autonomic motor

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Sympathetic division: speeds up body activities (fight or flight)
Parasympathetic division: slows down body activities

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45
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Two cell types in CNA

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Neurons: excitable
Glial cells: supportive

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46
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Neuroplasticity

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Ability of nervous system to remodel itself in response to factors

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47
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Neurogenesis

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Development of new neurons, neuroplastic process and can be stimulated by injury

48
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Dendrites vs axons

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Dendrites conduct impulses toward cell body
Axons conduct impulses away from cell body; only one axon

49
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Interneurons

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99% of all neurons are interneurons; association neurons

50
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4 glial cells in CNS

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Oligodendrocyte, ependymal, astrocyte, microglial

51
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Astrocytes

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Surround brain capillaries
Create blood-brain barrier
Repair and scarring process of brain and spinal cord

52
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Ependymal cells

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Line brain ventricles and central canal of spinal cord
Form choroid plexus

53
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Choroid plexi

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Produces CSF which is a filtrate of plasma

54
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Microglial cells

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Wandering phagocytes cells that ingest and remove debris throughout CNS

55
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Oligodendrocyte

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Create myelin sheath which speeds up impulses

56
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Satellite cells

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Flattened cells in the PNS and help regulate movement of nutrients and waste products

57
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Schwann cells

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Forming myelin sheath in PNS

58
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Nervous tissue development

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Neural groove appears after week 3 and fuses to form a neural tube

59
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Neural tube defects

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Disorder

60
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4 major brain regions

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Cerebrum, diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellum

61
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Fold vs depressions in brain

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Gyri are folds
Sulci are depressions

62
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Superior vs inferior

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Rostral is superior and caudal is inferior

63
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5 regions

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Telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, and myelencephalon

64
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Gray and white matter

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Gray forms cerebral cortex while white forms cerebral medulla

65
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Spinal cord matter

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Gray is inside and white is outside
Opposite everywhere else

66
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3 brain meninges

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Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater

67
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Dura Mater

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Outermost
Forms blood filled spaces called dural sinuses
Potential space- epidural space between cranium and dura mater

68
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Arachnoid mater

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Internal to dura mater
External is the subdural space and deep is the subarachnoid space

69
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Falx cerebri

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Between left and right cerebral hemispheres

70
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Tentorium cerebelli

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Cerebellum located underneath

71
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Tentorial incisure

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Small opening for midbrain to pass through

72
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Falx cerebelli

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Slightly separates cerebellum into left and right

73
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Diaphragm sellae

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Forms a roof over the sella turcica

74
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CSF

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Circulates in ventricles, central canal, and subarachnoid space
Buoyancy, protection, and stability

75
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CSF drains where

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Via arachnoid villi

76
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Blood brain barrier missing where

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Choroid plexi, hypothalamus, pineal gland

77
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Cerebrum

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Thought process, memory storage and processing, skeletal muscle contractions

78
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Corpus callosum

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Left and right cerebral hemispheres

79
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Coup contrecoup

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Coup (brain goes towards the first impact)
Contrecoup (brain goes away from the first impact)

80
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Diencephalon

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Epithalamus, thalamus, and hypothalamus

81
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Thalamus

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All sensory info besides smell (olfaction)

82
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Hypothalamus

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Heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, respiration, body temp, emotional responses, hunger, thirst, and circadian rhythm

83
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Brainstem

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Midbrain (mesencephalon), pons, and medulla oblongata

84
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Midbrain

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Visual and auditory reflexes
Posture and movement

85
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Pons

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Relay impulses and controls breathing

86
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Medulla oblongata

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Breathing, sensory relay center, relays info to thalamus, controls heart, controls diameter of blood vessels, sneezing, coughing, swallowing, and vomiting

87
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Left controls right and vice versa

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Nerves fibers from the brain to the spinal cord cross over at the level of the medulla oblongata

88
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Cerebellum matter

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Gray matter (cerebellar cortex)
White matter (arbor vitae)

89
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Cerebellum

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Posture and muscle contraction

90
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Ataxia

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Loss of equilibrium that presents as uncoordinated walking

91
Q

Reticular activating system

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Arouses us from sleep
Injury to it will lead to unconscious and coma

92
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Limbic system

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Memory formation, fear, happiness, and shadiness
Certain smells provoke certain emotions or memories

93
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Rostrocaudal brain deterioration

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Increased pressure in the brain leads to it
-bleeding, tumors, infections

94
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Cerebral edema

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If cerebellum swells from this, the brain squeezes through the tentorial incisure (lethal transtentorial herniation of cerebrum)

95
Q

Stroke

A

Weakened wall of a blood vessels ruptures and cuts off blood supply (aneurysm)
Cerebrovascular accident
Loss or blurring of vision, weakness/ numbness, headache, dizziness, walking difficulties

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Frontal lobe

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Thinking, memory, behavior

97
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Parietal love

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Language and touch

98
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Occipital lobe

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Sight

99
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Temporal lobe

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Hearing, learning, feelings

100
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4 ventricles

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First and second are in the cerebrum (lateral ventricles) , third is in the diancephalon, fourth in brainstem

101
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Subdural bleeding

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Between dura and arachnoid mater

102
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Epidural bleeding

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Between inside of skull and dura mater

103
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Draining CSF back into blood

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Arachnoid granulations

104
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Fibromyalgia

A

Chronic severe pain
Women are affected more frequently
Treatment is medication and self care

105
Q

Muscular dystrophy

A

Collective term for several hereditary diseases in which the skeletal muscles degenerate, lose strength and are replaced by adipose and fibrous connective tissue

106
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A

Sex linked recessive allele
Incurable, wheelchair bound, death by 30
Cant walk, can lead to scoliosis
Dystrophin may be a treatment

107
Q

Myasthenia gracie

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Autoimmune
Antibodies attack neuromuscular junctions
Double vision, drooping eyelids, swallowing problems, limb weakness
Treatment: use of chokinesterase inhibitors, immunosuppressive drugs, thymectomy (removing thyroid)

108
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Myofascial pain syndrome

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Excessive use of postural muscles
Can lead to flushing of the skin, sweating and goose bumps

109
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Tetanus

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Spastic paralysis caused by Clostridium tetani

110
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Botulism

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Potentially fatal muscular paralysis caused by Clostridium botulinum

111
Q

Rigor mortis

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No ATP after death
Stiff for 15-24 hours

112
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Plantar fasciitis

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Inflammation caused by chronic irritation of plantar aponeurosis
Attachment of plantar aponeurosis on the calcaneous bone

113
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Ancephaly

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Complete absence of a brain as well as cranium
Die a few hours after birth

114
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Spina bifida

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The caudal portion of the neural tube fails to close
Spina bifida cystica
Spinal cord is left unprotected and a cyst is on the back
Take folic acid!!

115
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Mini stroke

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Transient ischemic attack
Temporally clot that dissolves
Indicate increased risk for future strokes

116
Q

Most common stroke?

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Ischemic stroke