Nervous System Part 2 Flashcards
Pathways that transmit information via action potentials from the peiphery to various parts of the brain
Ascending tracts
Conscious awareness of stimuli
Perception
Deals with pain, temperature, light touch, pressure, tickle, itch sensation
Spinothalamic
Transmits action potentials DEALING WITH TOUCH, POSITION, AND PRESSURE
Dorsal column
Transmits informatiom about body position to the cerebellum; proprioception to the cerebellum
Spinocerebellar
Have cell bodies in the cerebral cortex
Upper motor neurons
Have cell bodies in the anterior horn of spinal cord
Lower motor neurons
Posterior to central sulcus
Primary somatic sensory cortex
Controls voluntary motor movement
Primary motor cortex
Involves in motivation and regulation of emotional behavior and mood
Prefrontal area
Involved in the process of recognition
Association
Pathways that control different types of movement
Descending tract
Responsible for maintaining the body’s posture and balance
Somatic motor system
No conscious thought
Involuntary
Consciously activated
Voluntary
Group of functionally related nuclei
Basal nuclei
Located deep within cerebrum
Corpus striatum
Group of darkly pigmented cells in the midbrain
Substantia nigra
The major function of a cerebellum is that of a ______
Comparator
Connection between two hemispheres
Commisures
The largest commisure
Corpus callosum
A broad band of nerve tracts at the base of longitudinal fissure
Corpus callosum
Involved in functions such as 3D or spatial perception and mysic ability
Right hemisphere
Involved more analytics, mathematic ability, and speech
Left cerebral hemisphere
Another term for sensory speech
Wernicke area
in parietal lobe; functions in understanding and formulating coherent speech
Sensory speech / Wernicke area
Another term for motor speech
Broca Area
Controls movement necessary for speech
Motor speech / Broca area
Electrodes placed on a person’s scalp to record brain’s electrical activity
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Called the wavelike patterns
Brain waves
Normal person is awake but in a quiet resting state; eyes closed
Alpha waves
Occur during intense mental activity;have higher frequency than alpha
Beta Waves