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1
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Pathways that transmit information via action potentials from the peiphery to various parts of the brain

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Ascending tracts

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2
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Conscious awareness of stimuli

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Perception

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Deals with pain, temperature, light touch, pressure, tickle, itch sensation

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Spinothalamic

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Transmits action potentials DEALING WITH TOUCH, POSITION, AND PRESSURE

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Dorsal column

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Transmits informatiom about body position to the cerebellum; proprioception to the cerebellum

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Spinocerebellar

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Have cell bodies in the cerebral cortex

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Upper motor neurons

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7
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Have cell bodies in the anterior horn of spinal cord

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Lower motor neurons

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8
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Posterior to central sulcus

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Primary somatic sensory cortex

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9
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Controls voluntary motor movement

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Primary motor cortex

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10
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Involves in motivation and regulation of emotional behavior and mood

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Prefrontal area

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11
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Involved in the process of recognition

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Association

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12
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Pathways that control different types of movement

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Descending tract

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13
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Responsible for maintaining the body’s posture and balance

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Somatic motor system

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14
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No conscious thought

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Involuntary

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Consciously activated

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Voluntary

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16
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Group of functionally related nuclei

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Basal nuclei

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17
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Located deep within cerebrum

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Corpus striatum

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18
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Group of darkly pigmented cells in the midbrain

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Substantia nigra

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19
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The major function of a cerebellum is that of a ______

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Comparator

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20
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Connection between two hemispheres

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Commisures

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21
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The largest commisure

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Corpus callosum

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22
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A broad band of nerve tracts at the base of longitudinal fissure

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Corpus callosum

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23
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Involved in functions such as 3D or spatial perception and mysic ability

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Right hemisphere

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24
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Involved more analytics, mathematic ability, and speech

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Left cerebral hemisphere

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25
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Another term for sensory speech

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Wernicke area

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in parietal lobe; functions in understanding and formulating coherent speech

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Sensory speech / Wernicke area

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27
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Another term for motor speech

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Broca Area

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28
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Controls movement necessary for speech

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Motor speech / Broca area

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29
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Electrodes placed on a person’s scalp to record brain’s electrical activity

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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30
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Called the wavelike patterns

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Brain waves

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31
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Normal person is awake but in a quiet resting state; eyes closed

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Alpha waves

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32
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Occur during intense mental activity;have higher frequency than alpha

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Beta Waves

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33
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Occur during deep sleep; in infants and patients with severe brain disorders

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Delta waves

34
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Common in children, may occur in adults with frustration or certain brain disorders

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Theta waves

35
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Three types of storage of memory

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Working
Short term
Long term

36
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Task associated memory that is recquired for immediate performance of task

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Working memory

37
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This memory can only last for a few seconds to munutes

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Working memory

38
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Can last/retain information for a few minutes to a few days

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Short term memory

39
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It can be restored for a few minutes or become permanent by ______

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Consolidation

40
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Can store for a few minutes or become permanent

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Long term memory

41
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Involves the retention of facts, such as names, dates, and places

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Declarative memory / explicit memory

42
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Involves development of motor skills; only small amount of this memory is lost over time

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Procedural memory / Reflexive memory

43
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Involve in long term-term retention of a given piece of information

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Memory engrams / Memory traces

44
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Protects the brain and spinal cord

45
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Three types of meninges

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Dura mater
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater

46
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The most superficial and thickest of the meninges

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Dura Mater

47
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The space between the dura mater and vertebrae

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Epidural space

48
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‘very thin, wispy second layer’ of meninges

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Arachnoid mater

49
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Space between dura and arachnoid mater

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Subdural space

50
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Very tightly bound to the surface of brain and spinal cord

51
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Space between the arachnoid and pia mater

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Subarachnoid space

52
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A space that is filled with cerebrospinal fluid (csf) and contains blood vessels

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Subarachnoid space

53
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Spinal block

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Anesthesia

54
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Spinal tap

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Take a sample of cerebrospinal fluid

55
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Fluid filled cavities of CNS

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Ventricles

56
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Bathes and provides cushion around the cns

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Cerebrospinal fluid

57
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What plexus produces the cerebrospinal fluid?

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Choroid plexus

58
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How many cranial nerves?

59
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Vision

60
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Smell

61
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4-6 extrinsic eye muscle; contricts pupil

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Oculomotor

62
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One extrinsic eye muscle

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Trochlear
Abducens

63
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Sensory to face and teeth; motor to muscles of mastication (chewing)

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Trigeminal

64
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Hearing and balance

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Vestibulocochlear

65
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Facial expression , taste, tears, salivqry

66
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Touch to back of tongue

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Glossopharyngeal

67
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S: pharynx, larynx, and viscera

68
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Move to two neck and upper muscles

69
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Motor to tongue muscles

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Hypoglossal

70
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Divided into special senses (vision) and more general senses

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Sensory function

71
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Subdivided into somatic motor and parasympathetic

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Motor function

72
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Consists of motor neurons that carry action potentials from cns to periphery

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Autonomic nervous system

73
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Flight or fight

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Sympathetic

74
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Prepares the body for physical activity

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Sympathetic

75
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Read and digest

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Parasympathetic

76
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Stimulates involuntary activities of body at rest

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Read and digest / parasympathetic

77
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Plexuses within the wall of the digestive tract

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Enteric nervous system

78
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Absent or defective speech or language comprehension

79
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Bleeding into the subdiral space

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Subdural hematoma

80
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Accumulation of csf in the ventricles

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Hydrocephalus

81
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Known as cerebrovascular accident (cva) that results to tissue

ANAPHY P2 (4 decks)

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