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Neuroanatomy Flashcards

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Explain neurons and structure?

A

Excitable cells

Cell body- soma

Dendrites

Axon nerve fibre

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Spinal cord function

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Provides 2 way conduction pathway to and from brain

Ascending and descending tracts

Major reflex centre

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3
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What is part of brain stem?

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Medulla oblaganta

Pons

Mid brain

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Cerebral hemisphere function

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Our conscious mind- executive functions are carried out

Contains motor areas- control voluntary movement

Contains sensory areas- conscious awareness of sensation

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Diencephalon function

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Thalamus and hypothalamus

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Function of thalamus

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Processes info ascending to cerebral cortex and mediates sensation, motor activities

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Hypothalamus

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Main control centre of body in maintaining homeostasis

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Mid brain

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Part of brain stem

Controls sensory and motor functions - eye movement, visual and auditory reflexes

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Pons

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Conveys info between cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum

Contains respiratory nuclei with medulla nuclei to control respiration

Inspiration and expiration

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Cerebellum

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Not part of brain stem but connected to brain stem by fibre tracts

Modulates force and range of movement

Motor skills

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Basal ganglia

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Nuclei located deep in brain

Involved in regulation of voluntary motor movements and cognition and emotion

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4 groups of neurons ( nuclei)

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Striatum

Globus pallidus

Substantia nigra

Subthalamic nucleus

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What does the ascending tract in spinal cord carry?

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Sensory information to brain

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14
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What part of brain controls homeostasis ?

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Hypothalamus

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15
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Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in basal ganglia cause which disease?

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Parkinson’s disease

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Which part of brain helps us understand others emotion and express our own emotions?

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Amygdala

17
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Where is the hippocampus located?

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Temporal lobe

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