Nervous System Structures (Reversed) Flashcards

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Connects the brain and body. Also controls reflexes independently of the brain.

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Describe the spinal cord

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Embryros contain a forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain that differentiate into the major brain parts.

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Describe the brain in embryos

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mid brain

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The brain stem is also called what?

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homeostasis, movement and conduction of information

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What does the brain stem control

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Medulla oblongata ,Pons, reticular formation

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The brain stem is has what three parts?

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Transfers info from the PNS to the brain.

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What does the Pons do?

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coordinates large scale movements (running)per instruction from the upper regions and controls autonomic functions

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What does the Medulla oblongata

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a network of neurons that filters information before it gets to the brain

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What is the reticular formation

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whether or not you pay attention to incoming data

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What does the reticular formation determine?

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Sleep

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____ is also controlled by the brain stem which is believed to help process learning and memory.

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hindbrain

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Cerebellum is also called what?

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controls movements and balance. Helps learn motor skills

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What does the cerebellum do?

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cerebrum; hand eye coordination

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The cerebellum checks motor commands from the _______. This is helps with what?

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hearing; visual

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The cerebellum receives _______ and _____ input.

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forebrain

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The diencephalon is also called what?

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pineal gland

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The epithalamus is also called what?

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epithalamus, thalamus, and hypothalamus

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The diencephalon contains what parts?

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stores all information from the senses before sending them the cerebrum

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What does the thalamus do?

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rhythms (sleep)

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What does the epithalamus control?

20
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body temp

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What does the hypothalamus control?

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main center of information processing

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Describe the cerebrum

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outer layer of gray matter

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What is the cerebral cortex

23
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pain, pressure, temp, muscles

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What do somatosensory organs control?

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cerebral cortex

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The _______ _____ receives information from the somatosensory.

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hemispheres

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The left and right __________ each controls the opposite side of the body.

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corpus callosum

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The hemispheres are connected by an axon known as what?

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Lateralization

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The differences in the left and right is known as what?

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math and logic

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The left hemisphere is better at what?

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better at recognition, patterns, and nonverbal thinking (creativity)

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The right hemisphere is better at what?

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Frontal lobe, Occipital lobe, Temporal lobe, Parietal lobe

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The Cerebral Cortex is separated into four lobes. What are they?

31
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Neural plasticity

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What ability of the brain to change is called what?

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Synapses; memories

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_________ can be strengthened or weakened by frequency of use which leads to ________.

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mechanoreceptors

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The sense receptors that control pressure, touch, sound is called what?

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chemoreceptors

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The sense receptors that control taste, smell, solute concentration is called what?

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electromagnetic receptors

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The sense receptors that control light, electricity, magnetism concentration is called what?

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thermoreceptors

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The sense receptors that detect hot and cold is called what?

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pain receptors

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The sense receptors that detect harmful conditions and solicits a reaction to minimize damage

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tympanic membrane; stapes

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Sound waves travel in the ear and vibrates the ______ ______ which vibrates a bone called a ______.

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cochlear duct

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The stapes causes fluid in the _______ _____ to vibrate thus moving hairs in there.

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auditory nerves

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The hairs sends signals to ________ ______.

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semicircular canal

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Fluid in ____________ ____ move hairs in response to gravity or out head tilting for equilibrium

42
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when a receptor protein binds to a molecule and begin a transduction pathway that stimulates a taste nerve

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How the taste occurs?

43
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is all nerve cells that bind to a molecule and sends signals directly to the brain. (linning of the nose, mucus needed). causes smell

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What is the olfactory

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cornea

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Light comes in the ______.

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iris; pupil

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The ___ can dilate the _____ to control the amount of light that hits the flexible lens of your eye.

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photoreceptors; cones; rods

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The retina contains __________ that detect color in ______. and black and white in ____.

47
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optic nerve

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The _____ ______ carries visual input to the brain.