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Neuroanatomy Flashcards

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Aphasia

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Language disorder

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Apraxia

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Inability to organize movement

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Agnosia

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Difficult processing sensory information

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Aphagia

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Impairment in ability to eat

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Amnesia

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Memory impairment

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Blooming and pruning process

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Children go through where neural pathways are connected and some allowed to die out

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Basal Ganglia

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Control large muscle movements and relay information via the extrapyramidal motor system
Parkinson’s disease associated

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Phylogeny

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Evolutionary development

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Hypothalamus

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Controls the pituitary
Ventromedial, Lateral, Anterior
Fleeing, Fighting, Feeding, Fornication

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Androgen-insensitivity

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Female development is just the absence of male sex hormones (androgens)

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Acetylcholine

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NT, Parasympathetic processes

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Adrenaline

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NT, Sympathetic processes

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Phylogeny

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Evolutionary development

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Brainstem

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Hindbrain and midbrain

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Extrapyramidal Motor System

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Gathers information about body position and carries information to brain and spinal cord.
Makes sure movements and posture are steady

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Ventricles

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Fluid-filled cavities in the brain that link with spinal canal
Filled with cerebrospinal fluid

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Limbic System

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Septal nuclei - stimulation=sexual pleasure, damage=septal rage
Amygdala - defensive and aggressive behaviors, lesions=hypersexual and docile
Hippocampus - learning and memory

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Order of Major Brain Areas to Develop

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  1. Brainstem (Hind and midbrain, mesencephalon)
  2. Limbic System
  3. Cerebral Cortex
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Anterograde Amnesia

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Don’t remember anything after incident. Can’t form NEW memories.

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Retrograde Amnesia

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Don’t remember anything before incident. Can’t retrieve OLD memories.

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Cerebral Cortex

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Outer surface with the four lobes.

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Association areas

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Combines input from diverse brain regions

ex- multiple inputs to make a plan

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Projection areas

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Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor-impulse commands
ex- visual cortex, motor cortex (send out commands)

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Spacial processes

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Happen in the non-dominant (usually right) hemisphere

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Dominant Sphere (usually the left)

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Letters, words
Language (Broca’s)
Speech, reading, writing, math
Voluntary movement

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Nondominant Sphere (usually the right)

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Faces
Music
Emotions
Creativity
Sense of direction

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