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Cerebral cortex

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Function: higher level processing and process sensory stimuli and initiate motor response
location: prosencephalon, telencephalon

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hippocampus

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function: learning and memory
location prosencephalon, telencephalon

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basal ganglia

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function: voluntary control of movement, procedural learning
location: telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon

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Thalamus

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function:relay station for input to the cerebral cortex
location: diencephalon

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hypothalamus

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function: endocrine regulation, appetite, emotional behavior
location: diencephalon

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cerebellum

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function: maintenance of posture and balance
location: metencephalon

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pons

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function: facial movement, hearing, balance, respiration, sleep
location: metencephalon

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medulla

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function: breathing, blood pressure, respiration
location: myelencephalon

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grey matter

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mostly cell bodies and dendrites

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white matter

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mostly axons

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dorsal branch

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sensory/motor to the back

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ventral branch

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sensory/motor to the ventral body wall, Limbs, and visceral organs

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dorsal root ganglia

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location of spinally sensory nerons body

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dermatome

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strip of skin where each spinal nerve is located

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ventral horn

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location of spinal motor neurons body

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olfactory (1)

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function: smell (sensory)
location: telencephalon

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optic (2)

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function: vision (sensory)
location: diencephalon

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oculomotor (3) and trochlear (4)

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function: eye movement (motor)
location: mesencephalon

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abducent (6)

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function: eye movement (motor)
location: myelencephalon

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trigeminal (5)

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Function: sensory to face and motor to chewing muscles (both)
location: metencephalon

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facial (7)

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function: sensory to ear and motor to muscles of facial expression (both)
location: myelencephalon

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vestibulocochlear (8)

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function: vestibular(balance) and cochlear (hearing) (2 sensory never that run together)
location: myelencephalon

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glossopharyngeal (9)

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function: sensory and motor to mouth and throat
location: myelencephalon

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vagus (10)

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function: sensory and motor to the viscera
location: myelencephalon

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spinal accessory (11)

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function: motor to neck muscles
location: myelencephalon

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hypoglossal (12)

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function: motor to muscles of tongue
location: myelencephalon

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dura mater

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function: protection

tough and fibrous outer layer

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Arachnoid mater

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Function: cushioning, absorption of CSF

spider web appearance

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pia mater

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function: barrier, blood vessel penetration

delicate membrane, follows the gyri and sulci of the brain

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epidural space

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between bone and dura

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subdural space

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potential space

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subarachnoid space

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location of csf

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dorsal spinal artery

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supplies dorsal white and grey matter

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ventral spinal artery

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supplies ventral and lateral white and grey matter

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2 major veins of the spinal cord

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dorsal spinal vein
ventral spinal vein

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blood brain barrier

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function: protect the neural tissue from pathogens and toxins in the bloodstream

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Choroid plexus

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Located in lateral, third, and forth ventricles, uses a variety of pumps and channels to form csf from blood

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Cerebrospinal fluid functions

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Protection/shock absorption
Homeostasis
Clearance of waste products

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Endonerium

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Connective tissue around individual axons

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Perineurium

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Connective tissue around bundles of axons

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Epineurium

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Connective tissue around nerves

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Shwann cels

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Myelinate axons

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Autonomic nervous system

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Regulates involuntary physiologic processes

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Fight, flight, fright

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Adrenal gland

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Endocrine gland- releases chemical messengers into blood, controlled by sympathetic nerves

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Rest and digest (homeostasis)

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Enteric nervous system

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Web-like series of nerons located in the wall of the intestine

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Ependymal cells

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Line ventricles and central canal, forms blood brain barrier

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Oligodendrocytes

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Insulation of cns neruon axon (1 can insulate 50 axons)

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Astrocytes

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Structural support
Form barrier between blood and neruons

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