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neuroanatomy Flashcards

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afferent

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sensory

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efferent

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motor

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sympathetic system

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mobilize energy

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parasympathetic

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conserve energy

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anterior side of the brain

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front of the brain

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posterior side of the brain

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back of the brain

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coronal (frontal) section

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  • Slicing the brain so you can see both hemispheres
  • The dorsal side of the brain to ventral side of the brain
  • Cut from top (superior - dorsal) to bottom (inferior - ventral) of the brain
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horizontal section

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  • Cutting horizontally through the brain
  • Like from right ear to left ear
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mid-sagittal (medial) section

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  • Cutting brain exactly in the half (in the middle)
  • Cutting from the front of your brain to the back
  • From anterior (front) to posterior (back)
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ANTERIOR side of the brain

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the front of your brain

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POSTERIOR side of the brain

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the back of your brain

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dorsal –> superior

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the top of your brain

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ventral –> inferior

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the bottom of your brain

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divisions of the forebrain

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telencephalon & diencephalon

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divisions of the midbrain

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mesencephalon

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divisions of the hindbrain

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metencephalon & myelencephalon

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myelencephalon contains…

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  • medulla
  • reticular formation (reticular activating system)
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mesencephalon contains…

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  • pons
  • cerebellum
  • also houses reticular formation
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mesencephalon

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  • tectum (roof)
  • tegmentum (floor)
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diencephalon

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  • thalamus
  • hypothalamus
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telencephalon

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  • cerebal cortex
  • amygdala
  • basal ganglia
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the longitudinal fissure

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  • divides our cerebrum in half (our brain in half)
  • separates right hemisphere from left hemisphere
  • convolutions (sulcus) folding inwards
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corpus callosum

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  • largest commissure that connects our left and right hemispheres
  • axons are sending messages between the hemispheres
  • damage specifically here means the entire neuron is not killed only the axon is damaged which causes dysfunction
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contralateral organization

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  • your left hemisphere controls you right half of your body
  • your right hemisphere controls your left half of your body

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