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1
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4 major parts of the brain

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brain stem, diencephalon, cerebellum, cerebrum

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midbrain

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auditory/visual reflex

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pons

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respiration center/connects motor between cerebellum and the cerebrum

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medula oblingada

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vital centers: respiratory/cardiac

nonvital: coughing/sneezing/etc

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diencephalon

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middle of the brain

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thalmus

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relays sensory input to cerebral (afferent)
part of limbic system
motor connections between cerebral cortex and cerebellum
diencephalon

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hypothalmus

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want center (thirst/hunger/temp)
diencephalon
pituitary gland

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pineal gland

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secretes melatonin/ keeps sleep cycles

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cerebellum

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balance/ coordination (motor)

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cerebrum

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largest part of the brain

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frontal lobe

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last part to develop
executive thinking (logic)
personality
somatic motor

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paritail

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somatic sensory (pain/temp/touch)

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occipital lobe

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vision

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temporal lobe

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hearing/smell

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limbic system

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emotion

fight or flight

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corpus callosum

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connects right and left hemispheres of the brain

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association tract

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connect gyri on the same hemisphere

connects paritail and occipital lobes

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commissural tract

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connect gyri with diff hemispheres

corpus callosum

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projection tracts

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connects different major parts of the brain

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spinal chord

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serves as a connection between the PNS and the brain
controls simple reflexes
made of tracts (white matter)
and grey matter

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21
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brocas

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spoken (left for 97%)

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pyramidal system

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voluntary motor tracts from the cerebrum to the spinal chord

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extrapyramidal system

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involuntary motor tracts from the cerebral nuclei,brainstem, and cerebellum to the spinal chord

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brain tract

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bundle of axons in the cns

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ascending tracts

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sensory/ afferent
carries impulses for touch pressure pain temperature, spacial awareness
first, second, third order neurons

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first order neuron

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posterior root

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second order neuron

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soma in the gray matter of the spinal chord

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third order neuron

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opposite hemisphere of the cerebrum. soma in the thalamus and ends in the cerebral cortex

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descending tracts

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motor (efferent)
carry the impulses (voluntary/involuntary) from the cerebral cortex to the skeletal muscles
made of upper and lower order neurons

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30
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reflex arc

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simplest part of the nervous system capable of detecting and responding to the stimulus

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receptor

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detects change

sends up to first order neuron

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afferent neuron

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conducts impulse to cns

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efferent neuron

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conducts impulse to effector (lower motor neuron)

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effector

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muscle or gland that initiate response

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posterior root

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sensory

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anterior root

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motor

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somatic reflex

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controls skeletal muscles

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visceral

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control activity of smooth and cardiac muscles

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monosynaptic

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oen synapse

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polysynaptic

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many synapses

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ipsilateral

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can be by itself

stimulis/response occurring on the same side

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contralateral

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cannot happen alone

response occurs on the opposite side of the stimulus

43
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cranial

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controlled by the brain

44
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spinal

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controlled by the spinal chord

45
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the blood-brain barrier

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help prevent passage of toxins from the blood into the brain

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cerebrospinal fluid (csf)

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maintain metabolism/ bring nutrients to the brain

constantly being drained and filled

47
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what protective membrane surround the brain and spinal chord

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dura matter, arachnid, pia matter

48
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what bones protect the brain and spinal chord

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skull=brain

vertebrate= spinal chord

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proprioceptors

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in muscles/tendons

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exteroceptors

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at or near anterior body surfaces (sensations)

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interoceptors

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with the body (organs)

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mechanoreceptors

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touch/pressure stim

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chemoreceptors

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chemical stim

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thermoreceptors

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temperature stim

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photoreceptors

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light stim

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nociceptors

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pain stim

57
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tonic receptors

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adapt slow and always active

amplitude dependent

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phasic receptors

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adapt quickly and are only active when there is a change in the conditions that they monitor

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generator potential

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impulse in receptor cell

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receptor potential

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release of neurotransmitters–>impulse to another cell

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law of adequate stimulus

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the receptor that responds best to the stimulus

62
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receptor fields are…

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inversely proportional

63
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tactile receptors

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outside of the body

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barorceptors

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free nerve endings, inside

65
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olfactory cranial nerve

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sensory, smell

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optic

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sensory, sight

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oculomotor

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motor, control of eye movement and focusing

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trochlear

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motor, control of eye movement

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trigeminal

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mixed, sensory of face, chewing

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adbucens

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motor, eye movement

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facial

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mixed, facial movement and taste

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vestibulocochlear

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sensory, hearing and balance

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glossopharyngeal

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mixed, taste

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vagus

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mixed, taste

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accessory

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motor, swallowing and head movements

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hypoglossal

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motor, speech, swallowing, chewing

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plexus

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collection of spinal nerves

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sympathetic nervous system

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fight or flight

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parasympathetic

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rest and digest

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excite

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ramp up

81
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inhibit

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keep it where it should be

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