Neuro Flashcards

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Primary vesicle: forebrain

(prosencephalon)

T

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secondary: telencephalon

Regions: 
cerebral cortex
basal ganglia
amygdala
hippocampus

Ventricles:
lateral x2
foramen of monro

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Primary: forebrain

(prosencephalon)

D

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secondary: diencephalon

Regions: 
thalamus
hypothalamus
pituitary (neurohypohysis)
pineal gland

Ventricles: 3rd vent

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Primary: Midbrain (mesencephalon)

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secondary: mesenchephalon

Regions: midbrain

Ventricles: cerebral aqueduct of sylvius

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Primary: Hindbrain
(rhombencephalon)

met

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secondary: metencephalon

Regions: pons cerebellum

Ventricles: 4th

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Primary: hindbrain
(rhombencephalon)

mye

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secondary: myelencephalon

Regions: medulla

Ventricles: central canal

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precentral gyrus

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Region: frontal lobe

Function: voluntary movement of muscles of body and head region

Associated disorder: loss of voluntary movement of body and head region

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Premotor region

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Region: frontal lobe

Function: aids and integrates voluntary movement of body

Associated disorder: apraxia (loss of abilyt to carry out complex movements of body and head)

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Frontal eye fields

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Region: frontal lobe

Function: contros voluntary horizontal movement of the eyes

Associated disorder: loss of voluntary control of horizontal eye movement (eyes cannot deviate to side opposite lesion)

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Prefrontal cortex

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Region: frontal lobe

Function: intellectual functions, affective processes

Associated disorder: intellectual and emotional impairment

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Brocas motor speech area

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Region: frontal lobe

Function: regulates motor aspects of speech

Associated disorder: motor aphasia

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Postcentral gyrus

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Region: parietal lobe

Function: conscious perception of somesthetic sensation

Associated disorder: loss of somatosensory perception

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Wernicke;s area

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Region: parietal lobe

Function: receptive integration of speech

Associated disorder: loss of somatosensory perception

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Superior parietal lobule

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Region: parietal lobe

Function: integration of sensory and motor functions; progamming mechanism for motor responses

Associated disorder: posterior parietal syndrome, sensory neglect, apraxia

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Superior temporal gyrus

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Region: temporal lobe

Function: auditory perception

Associated disorder: loss of auditory perception

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Middle temporal gyrus

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Region: temporal lobe

Function: detection of moving objects

Associated disorder: loss of movement detection

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Inferior temporal gyrus

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Region: temporal lobe

Function: recognition of faces

Associated disorder: loss of facial recognition

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Upper and lower banks of calcarine sulcus

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Region: occipital lobe

Function: visual perception

Associated disorder: partia or total loss of vision of the contralateral visual fields for both eyes, depending on the extend of the lesion in the visual cortex

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Lateral, third, and fourth ventricales and cerebral aqueduct

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Region: ventricles of the brain

Function: flow of CSF throughout the CNS. source of electrolytes and conduit of neuroactive and metabolic products

Associated disorder: hydrocephalus

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Caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, subthalamic nucleus, substantia nigra

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Region: basal ganglia

Function: regulation of motor functions associated with cerebral cortex

Associated disorder: dyskinesia

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Thalamic nuclei

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Region: thalamus

Function: transmission of signals from other gegions of the CNS to the cerebral cortet mediating sensory, motor, cognitive, and affective (emotional) functions

Associated disorder: disruption and possible loss of sensory, motor, and other functions

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Hypothalamus

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Region: hypothalamnic nuclei

Function: visceral (feeding, drinking, autonomic, and endocrine functions and sexual and emotional behavior)

Associated disorder: disruption, loss, or alterations in visceral and affective functions and processes

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Hippocampal formation, amydala, septal area, cingulate gyrus, prefrontal cortex

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Region: limbic structures

Function: modulation of hypothalamic functions, regulation of emotionak behavior, short term memory

Associated disorder: temporal lobe epilepsy, loss of control of motions and related affective processes, loss of short term memory

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Cerebellum, anterior posterior and flocculonodular lobes

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Region: limbic

Function: integration of motor functions related to all regions of the CNS associated with motor and related processes

Associated disorder: loss of balance, ataxia, hypotonia, loss of coordinaton, disorders of movement when inteionally attempting to produce a purposeful response

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Midbrain

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Region: limbic

Function: transmission and regulatin of sensory, motor, and autonomic functions (CN III, IV)

Associated disorder: sensorym motor, and autonomic deficits as well as deficits associated with cranial nerves III and IV

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Pons

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Region: limbic

Function: transmissio and regulation of sensory, motor, and autonomic functions (CN V, VI, and VII)

Associated disorder: sensory, motor, and autonomic deficits as well as deficits associated with CN V, VI, and VII

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Medulla

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Region: limbic

Function: transmission and regulation of sensory, motor, and autonomic functions (CN VIII, IX, X, XII)

Associated disorder: sensory, motor, and autonomic deficits, including respiration, as well as deficits associated with CN VIII, IX, X, XII)

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nucleus proprius

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spinal thalamic tract

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area 312

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stt and dcp

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area 4

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corticospinal tract

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crossed in cord

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sst, vsct, and acst

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medial lemniscus

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dorsal column pathway

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nucleus dorsalis

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dorsal spinocerebellar tract

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vpm

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none

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clarks nucleus

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dorsal spinocerebellar tract

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crossed in medulla

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cst, dcp

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medial and lateral motor nuclei

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cst

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IML

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sympathetics

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ICP

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sct, cct (vsct uses SCP)

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GSA

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general somatic afferent

pain, vibration, touch, proprioception from skin, body wall, and skeletal muscle

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GVA

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general visceral afferent—

pain, stretch from guts

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GVE

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general viscera efferent—–

motor to viscera, glands, and blood vessels—autonomics

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GSE

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general somatic efferent—-

motor to skeletal muscle

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SSA

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special sensory afferent

vision hearing balance

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SVA

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special visceral afferent

taste and smell

45
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SVE

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special viseral efferent

efferent—innervates muscle of branchiomeric origin—”gills”—pharynx, larynx,mastication, and facial expression—5,7,9,10, and 11