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Nervous System Overview Flashcards

1
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What makes something CNS tissue

A

They are covered in meniges

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2
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Does proprioception go through the thalamus

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Nope it is an unconscious process

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3
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What is the cortex

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Superficial 3 mm of gray matter in the brain

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4
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What does the pons do

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Almost exclusively movement

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5
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What is the road to the cerebellum and allows info in and out of the brain

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Pons

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6
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What does the medulla control

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Respiration and heart rate

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7
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Where does the brainstem end

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Pyramids

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8
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What is the main function of the spinal cord

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Main pathways connecting the CNS to PNS

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What is the main function of the medulla

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Vomiting, sneezing, deals with autonomic functions of breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure

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10
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What is the main function of the pons

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Links midbrain and hindbrain, concerned with motor coordination, posture, and balance

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11
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What is the main function of the cerebellum

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Prominent hindbrain structure concerned with motor coordination, posture, and balance

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What is the main function of the midbrain

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Sensory and motor functions including visual and auditory reflexes

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13
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What is located in the diencephalon

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Thalamus and hypothalamus

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14
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What is the main function of the thalamus

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Relay sensory info to the cerebral cortex

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15
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What is the main function of the hypothalamus

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Governs reproductive, homeostatic, and circadian rhythm

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16
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What is the main function of the cerebrum

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Controls all voluntary actions in the body

17
Q

What causes locked in syndrome

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Lesion to pons due to destruction of anterior neurons of the pons

18
Q

What are the 3 categories of myelin structures

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  1. Association
  2. Projection
  3. Commissural
19
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What does white matter allow for in the brain

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Communication

20
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What happens to the proportion of white matter to gray as you go down the spinal cord

A

The amount decreases

21
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Is the dorsal horn sensory or motor

A

Sensory

22
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Is the ventral horn sensory or motor

A

Motor

23
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Afferent is sensory in or out

A

Sensory in

24
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Efferent is motor in or out

A

Motor out

25
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What does the brainstem control

A

Motor function and vital control

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