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Neuroanatomy Flashcards

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What does dorsal/superior mean in the brain and spinal cord?

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Brain: towards the top
Spinal cord: towards the back

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What does ventral/inferior mean in the brain and spinal cord?

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Brain: towards the bottom
Spinal cord: towards the front

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What does rostral/anterior mean in the brain and spinal cord?

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Brain: towards the front
Spinal cord: towards the top

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What does Caudal/posterior mean in the brain and spinal cord?

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Brain: towards the back
Spinal cord: towards the bottom

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What are all the different primary cortexes for?

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in general, for processing low level info for respective areas

A1: primary auditory cortex
V1: primary visual cortex
M1: primary motor cortex
S1: primary somatosensory cortex

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What are the Association Cortex’s for?

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multimodal information

making complex interpretations of the information

integrates low level info with other info to yield higher representation

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What is gray matter

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cortices
made up of cell bodies or cell somas

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What is white matter

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connections between different brain regions
made up of axons

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Afferent

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sensory

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efferent

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motor

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Sagittal plane

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divides the brain into a right and left section

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Coronal plane

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divides the brain into a rostral and caudal half (front and back)

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Transverse plane

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divides the brain into a dorsal and ventral part (top and bottom)

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Frontal Lobe (function + components)

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the cognitive and motor control center
a. planning and execution of movement
b. integrative center of signals related to our cognitive abilities

contains Broca’s area and primary motor cortex (located on the left of the central sulcus), premotor areas, and prefrontal cortex (controls the activities of other cortical regions

*the emergence of speech-language abilities happens here

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Temporal Lobe (function + components)

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performs spectral analyses on sound inputs, home of auditory and language comprehension neural circuits
key region involved in memory and identification of complex objects

contains Wernicke’s area and primary auditory cortex (located just underneath the slyvian lateral fissure/lateral sulcus)

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Parietal Lobe (function + components)

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sensory region of the brain
tells the frontal lobe what’s going on

contains primary somatosensory cortex (located on the right side of the central sulcus), superior parietal lobule and inferior parietal lobe, and precuneus

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Occipital Lobe (function + components)

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dedicated exclusively to visual processing

Contains the primary visual cortex

18
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What separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe?

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central sulcus

19
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What separates the Parietal lobe from the occipital lobe?

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pario-occipital gyrus

20
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What separates the temporal lobe from the parietal lobe?

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Lateral sulcus

21
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What is Broca’s area and Wernicke’s responsible for

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speech production = Broca’s

Speech comprehension = Wernicke’s

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Epidural Space

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space between the dura of the spinal cord and the bone of the vertebral column

23
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subdural space

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underneath the dura mater but above the arachnoid space

24
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subarachnoid space

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located immediately below the arachnoid mater and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid

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intracerebral space

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the brain tissue itself

26
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Cranial nerve I

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olfactory

sensory

transmits the sense of smell from the nasal cavity (smell)

27
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Cranial nerve II

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optic

sensory

transmits visual signals form the retina to the brain (vision)

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Cranial nerve III

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oculomotor

motor

eye movement, eyelid elevation, lens accomodation

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Cranial Nerve IV

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trochlear

motor

eye movement (depresses and intorts)

30
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Cranial Nerve V

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trigeminal

sensory and motor

facial sensation, mastication, tongue sensation (anterior 2/3), muscles of biting/chewing

31
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Cranial nerve VI

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abducens

motor

eye movement (abduction)

32
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Cranial nerve VII

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facial

sensory and motor

taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue) facial expression, salivation, eye closing

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Cranial Nerve VIII

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vestibulocochlear

sensory

balance, hearing, carries impulse for equilibrium and hearing
“auditory nerve”

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Cranial Nerve IX

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glossopharyngeal

sensory and motor

taste/sensation (posterior 1/3 of tongue)
pharynx sensation, swallowing/salivation

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Cranial nerve X

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Vagus

sensory and motor

visceral tissue, taste/sensation epiglottis, swallowing/speech, cough, parasympathetic system

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Cranial nerve XI

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Accessory

Motor

shrugging shoulders and head turning

37
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Cranial Nerve XII

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hypoglossal

motor

tongue movement, swallowing and speech articulation

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