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Neuroanatomy Flashcards

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Neuraxis

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Imaginary line drawn throught the spinal cord to the front of the brain.

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Rostral - Caudal

Anterior - Posterior

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Rostral: toward the nose

Anterior: toward the front

Caudal: toward the tail

Posterior: toward the rear

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Ventral - dorsal

Inferior - superior

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Ventral: toward the front

Inferior: below

Dorsal: toward the back

Superior: above

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Medial - Lateral

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Medial: toward the midline

Lateral: away from the midline

NB: midline is the medial line of the body which divides the body into halves that are mirrror images of each other

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Nervous system

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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Nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord

  • Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
  • Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
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Somatic Nervous System (SNS)

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Voluntary control/senses

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Subsconscious body control: visceral function, heart rate, respiration rate, digestion, salivation, pupil dilation, sexual arousal

  • Efferent nerves
    • Parasympathetic nervous system
    • Sympathetic nervous system
  • Afferent nerves
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Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS)

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Rest and digest

  • Eyes: accommodation for near vision (miosis)
  • Saliva: copious liquid
  • Heart: rate and blood pressure down
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Sympathetic nervous system

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4 Fs:

  • Fight
  • Flight
  • Fright
  • Fuck
    • Eyes: pupillary dilation
    • Saliva: little, viscous
    • Heart: rate, force and blood pressure up
    • CNS: drive and alertness up
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Hindbrain (metencephalon and myelencephalon)

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Brain stem (midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata) and cerebellum

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Cerebellum

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Involved in motor control especially voluntary movement, body position and motor learning.

Contains 50% of total neurons in brain

Grey and white matter

Known as ‘little brain’

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Pons

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Bridge between cerebrum and cerebellum + medulla oblongata

Siutated on top of the brainstem

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Brainstem

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Midbrain + pons + medulla oblongata

Connects spinal cord with forebrain and cerebellum

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Formatio reticularis (reticular formation)

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Regulates activity/sleep

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Medulla oblongata

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Relays motor and sensory signals between the spinal cord and higher brain regions.

Reflex control centre (ANS) e.g. heart rate

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Midbrain

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Tectum (dorsal) + tegmentum (ventral) + periaqueductal gray (PAG)

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Tectum

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  • Inferior colliculi
    • Auditory function
  • Superior colliculi
    • Visual function
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Inferior colliculi

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Auditory functino

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Superior colliculi

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Visual functio

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Tegmentum

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Substantia nigra + red nucleus

–> Voluntary movement control

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Periaqueductal gray (PAG)

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Tissue around the cerebral aqueduct that connects the 3rd and 4th ventricles

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Forebrain (telencephalon and diencephalon)

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  • Diencephalon
    • Thalamus
    • Hypothalamus
  • Telecephalon
    • Cortex
    • Basal ganglia
    • Limbic system
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Diencephalon

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Thalamus and hypothalamus

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Telencephalon

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Cortex + basal ganglia + limbic system

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Thalamus

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Gateway of the cortex: all sensory pathways (except olfaction) relay in the thalamus before terminating in the cerrebral cortex

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Gyrus (pl: gyri)

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Convolution or bump protruding rounded surfaces

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Sulcus (pl: sulci)

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Valley between gyri and enfolded regions that appears as surface lines (gaps between gyri)

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Longitudinal fissure

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Divides the two hemispheres (also known as interhimispheric fissures)

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Lobes and sulci

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Frontal lobes

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The ‘executive’ brain: planning and guiding behaviour, (moral) judgement

Broca’s speach area

Primary motor cortex

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Temporal lobes

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  • Language processing –> Wernicke’s area
  • Longterm memory/knowledge –> Parahippocampal gyrus
  • Primary auditory cortex
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Parietal lobes

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Association cortex: integrates sensory information from multiple modalities

  • Spatial processing –> superior parietal gyrus
  • Primary somatosensory cortex –> postcentral gyrys
  • Cortical association area (visual+auditory) –> inferior parietal gyrus
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Occipital lobes

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Vision

Primary visual cortex –> located in and around the calcarine fissure

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Basal ganglia

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Prepares starting and stopping of voluntary motions –> Parkinson’s

  • Direct pathway: starts movement
  • Indirect pathway: stops movement
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Limbic system

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Hypothalamus

Hippocampus

Amygdala

Cingulate cortex

Anterior thalamus

Mammilary bodies

–> emotional regulation, learning and memory, emotional memories, recognition of emotions in other people

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Hypothalamus

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  • Regulates hormones (sexual behaviour, diurnal rhythms, fight or flight etc)
  • Controls food and fluid intake
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Hippocampus

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  • Establishing memories
  • New contextual learning
  • Memory retrieval
  • Understanding spatial relations
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Amygdala

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Coordinates behavioural, autonomic and endocrine responses to environment stimuli, especially those with emotional content

No amygdala, no fear!

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Corpus callosum

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  • Major fibre connection between the hemispheres (from lating, literally meaning tough body)
  • Allows communication between cerebral hemispheres
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Brain barrier systems

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  1. Skull
  2. Meninges
    1. Dura mater
    2. Arachnoid mater
    3. Pia mater
  3. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
  4. Blood-brain barrier (BBB)
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

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Function:

  • Buoyancy: allows the brian to maintain its density without being impaired by its own weight
  • Protection: protects the brain tissue from injury when jolted or hit
  • Chemical stability: allows for homeostatic regulation
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Hydrocephalus

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  • From latin: water (hydro) in the head (cephalus)
  • CSF build-up puts pressure on the brain
  • Usually in infancy (congenital hydrocephalus) –> delayed cognitive development
  • Maybe acquired after head injury or brain cancer
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Blood-brain barrier

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Tightly packed blood vessels creating a berrier that only allows certain molecules to pass through

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