Neuro notes Flashcards
Area responsible for vision:
- Occipital
Area responsible for hearing:
temporal
Area responsible for perception of sensation
Parietal
Area responsible for movement
- Cerebellum
Area responsible for intellect, judgement and behaviour
Frontal
Area responsible for memory/emotion:
Temporal (hippocampus)
Corpus callous function:
Communication between two sides of the brain
Cerebellum function:
Balance/coordination
Brainstem functions:
Heart rate, body temp
Number of cervical vertebrae:
- 7
- 5 normal + atlas and axis
Number of thoracic vertebrae:
- 12
number of lumbar vertebrae:
- 5
Number of sacral vertebrae:
- 5
Number of coccyx vertebrae:
1
Brachial plexus levels:
- C5 to T1
From what levels do sympathetic fibres arise:
T1-L2
Thoracolumbar outflow
Sympathetic innervation to Abdominopelvic region:
- Splanchnic nerves
- Preganglionic: Synapse outside of paravertebral ganglion
Sympathetic innervation to cardiacthoracic region (viscera)
- Splanchnic nerves
- Postganglionic: Synapse in the paravertebral ganglia
Where do preganglionic nerves synapse?
- Inside of Prevertebral ganglia (infront of the vertebrae, attached to the aorta)
