Neuro test1 Flashcards
Telencephalon
Cerebral cortex- higher intelligence, motor and sensory processing
Hippocampal formation- memory formation
Amygdala- autonomic coordination, hormone release and emotional response
basal ganglia- movement, cognition and emotional response
Diencephalon
Epithalamus- daily cyclical hormone release
Thalamus- sensory relay nucleus
Hypothalamus- autonomic coordination, hormone release and emotional response
Mesencephalon
Midbrain- visual and auditory processing
broad brain activation
Metencephalon
Pons and Cerebellum- motor and sensory functions, respiration and blood pressure
Myelencephalon
Medulla- motor and sensory functions, respiration and blood pressure
Spinal cord
spinal cord- motor and sensory functions, autonomic functions
Falx Cerebri
divides left and right cerebral hemispheres
Tentorium Cerebelli
passes superior to the cerebellum dividing it from the cerebral hemispheres. herniation can compress the midbrain
Sinuses
house venous drainage in cranial vault. formed in the space created when the meningeal layer of the dura departs the periosteal layer to form falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli
Epidural hemorrhage
hemorrhage of middle meningeal artery(blood supply to the meninges) around the pterion. latency period of 4-8 hours
Subdural hemorrhage
produced by shearing bridging veins as they pass to the venous sinuses (immovable dura) from nervous tissue (movable cortex tissue). latency period of 10 hours or more
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
arteries in the subarachnoid space that supply blood to the nervous tissue. via trauma or aneurysm. can be very quick or take longer depending on size of leakage
Areas in the frontal lobe
- primary motor cortex- initiate highly skilled movement
- premotor cortex- just rostral to pmc. more complicated movement involving multiple joints and body parts.
- supplementary motor cortex- planning of sequences of motions. on most dorsal aspect of frontal lobe.
- Frontal association area- rostral to premotor cortex. higher intelligence, ability to interact socially, appropriate emotional expression and complex motor planning
- Brocca’s area- anterior and caudal to frontal association area. left side motor commands for articulation of speech (motor aphasia) right side commands voice intonations
Areas in the parietal lobe
- primary somatosensory cortex aka post central gyrus. first cortical destination of all sensations from skin, muscles and joints on opposite side of the body
- visual association region- perception of spatial relationships and depth
Occipital lobe
Primary visual cortex- on the borders of the calcerine sulcus. receives visual information form the eyes
Temporal lobe
- Primary auditory cortex-on lateral surface of temporal lobe.
- Wernicke’s area- left side responsible for understanding and generating a meaningful collection of words. right side understanding and generating appropriate intonation for expressive speech.
- Arcuate fasciculus/bundle- connects Wernicke’s area to Broca’s area
Motor aphasia
Damage to Broca’s area (left side frontal lobe)
Symptoms: word finding difficulties and paraphasias(rare). telegraphic speech, inability to speak, agraphia.
No or little deficit in understanding language
Sensory aphasia
Damage to Wernicke’s area and angular gyrus (left side temporal lobe)
Symptoms: semantically inappropriate language, fluent aphasia, paraphasias, and agraphia.
Difficulty understanding spoken or written language
Transcortical aphasia
Damage to broad cortex to break communication betw Broca’s, Wernicke’s area and the rest of the cerebral cortex.
Symptoms:semantically inappropriate language, fluent aphasia, paraphasias, and agraphia.
Difficulty understanding spoken or written language
Patient may be able to recite previously memorized words. ex poem or song
Conduction aphasia
Damage to arcuate fasciculus(axons connecting Brocas to Wernickes) on left side.
Symptoms:semantically inappropriate language, fluent aphasia, paraphasias, and agraphia.
Little to no deficit understanding language
Echolalic Speech- can repeat what has just been said to them
Limbic lobe
Telencephalonic structure that helps produce emotions, form new memories, and MOTIVATE one to perform a task
Cranial nerve I
Olfactory Nerve- from telencephalon
Ventricles
lumen of the neural tube filled with cerebrospinal fluid. two lateral ventricles, each has an anterior horn, body, posterior horn and inferior horn.
Anterior commissure
bundle of axons that enables communication betw left and right temporal lobes. passes dorsally to the rostral hypothalamus
corpus callosum
bundle of axons found dorsal to the lateral ventricles which allow the left and right cerebral hemispheres to communicate.
Epithalamus
contains pineal gland and habenula. pineal gland produces neural hormone, melatonin. with diminishing light, the pineal gland produces more melatonin (circadian rhythms). habenula involved in cocaine abuse, drug induced psychoses
Thalamus
Major synaptic destination for sensory info ex somatic, visual and auditory. Contain medial and lateral geniculate nuclei.
Medial geniculate nucleus
destination for auditory info, located in thalamus
Lateral geniculate nucleus
destination for visual info, located in thalamus
Hypothalamus
- Neurons that secrete peptide hormones directly into the bloodstream.
- Neurons that control the anterior pituitary gland
- Neurons that project to sites controlling the autonomic nervous system
- Neurons that project to multiple areas of the telencephalon
- Neurons that form the mamillary bodies that help with memory formation
Cranial Nerve II
From the diencephalon. The optic nerve carries visual info from the eyes and converge at the optic chiasm. Some fibers cross to the other side, the chiasm continues as the optic tract and ends at the lateral geniculate nucleus. Neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus send their axons along the optic radiation to the primary visual cortex in the occipital lobes