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Neurobiology 2 (Brain and Nerves) Flashcards

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What are the 2 parts of prosencephalon?

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  • telencephalon and diencephalon
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Where is the prosencephalon and what are the parts?

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  • forebrain
  • diencephalon and telencephalon
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What is in the telencephalon?

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  • cerebral cortex and hippocampus
  • also basal ganglia
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What is in the diencephalon?

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  • thalamus and hypothalamus
  • also basal ganglia
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What is in the mesencephalon?

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midbrain and basal ganglia

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what is in the rhombencephalon?

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  • metencephalon and myelencephalon
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What parts are in the metencephalon?

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  • pons and cerebellum
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What parts are in the myelencephalon?

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medulla

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What is the pink region?

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  • telencephalon (cerebrum + hippocampus)
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What is the blue region?

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diencephalon (thalamus and hypothalamus)

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What is the orange region?

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  • mesencephalon (midbrain)
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What is the yellow region?

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metencephalon (cerebellum and pons)

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What is the green region?

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myelencephalon (medulla)

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What is the function of the medulla?

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  • breathing and blood pressure
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What is the function of the pons?

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facial movement, hearing, balance, respiration

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What is the function of the thalamus?

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  • relay station for input to cerebral cortex
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?

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  • endocrine regulation, appetite, emotional behavior
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What is the function of the basal ganglia?

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procedural learning, voluntary movement

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What is the function of the hippocampus?

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  • learning and memory
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What is the function of the cerebellum?

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  • maintenance of posture and balance
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What is the function of the cerebrum?

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high level processing and integration of sensory stimuli, initiation of motor responses

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What is at 1?

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cerebral cortex (gray)

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What is at 2?

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cerebral cortex (white)

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What is at 3?

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corpus callosum

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What is at 4?

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thalamus

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What is at 5?

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hypothalamus

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What is at 6?

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pineal gland

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What is at 7?

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pituitary gland

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What is at 8?

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midbrain

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What is at 9?

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pons

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What is at 10?

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cerebellum

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What is at 11?

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medulla

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What is at 12?

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spinal cord

34
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What does the grey matter contain?

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mostly cell bodies and dendrites

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What does white matter contain?

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mostly axons

36
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How does the matter organize in spinal cord?

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  • grey matter inside (the horns), white matter outside
37
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How does the matter organize in the brainstem?

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  • gray matter in small balls around outside, white matter majority
38
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How does the matter organize in the brain?

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  • gray matter outside forms lobes
  • white matter inside
39
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Discuss spinal nerves

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  • arise from spinal cord
  • innervate caudal to head (mostly)
  • cell bodies in dorsal root ganglia or ventral horn
  • # = vertebrae
40
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Discuss cranial nerves

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  • arise from brain
  • innervate structure in head and neck (mostly)
  • may be sensory, motor, or mixed
    cell body in nuclei within brain or ganglia outside brain
  • 12 pairs
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Cranial Nerve I

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  • olfactory
  • sensory: smell
  • in telencephalon
42
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Cranial Nerve II

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  • optic
  • sensory: vision
  • in diancephalon
43
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Cranial Nerve III

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  • occulomotor
  • mesencephalon
  • motor: eye movement
44
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Cranial Nerve IV

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  • trochlear
  • motor: eye movement
  • mesencephalon
45
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Cranial Nerve V

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  • trigeminal
  • sensory: facial sensation
  • motor: muscles of mastication
  • metencephalon
46
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Cranial Nerve VI

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  • abducent
  • myelencephalon
  • sensory: none
  • motor: eye movement
47
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Cranial Nerve: VII

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  • facial
  • myelencephalon
  • sensory: ear sensation
  • motor: facial expression
48
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Cranial Nerve VIII:

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  • vestibulocochlear
  • myelencephalon
  • sensory: hearing and balance
49
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Cranial Nerve IX:

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  • glossopharyngeal
  • myelencephalon
  • sensory: throat sensation
  • motor: throat muscles
50
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Cranial nerve X

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  • vagus nerve
  • myelencephalon
  • sensory: internal organ sensation
  • motor: internal organ muscle contraction/ gland secretion
51
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Cranial Nerve XI:

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  • spinal accessory
  • myelencephalon
  • motor: movement of head and neck
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Cranial Nerve XII:

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  • hypoglossal
  • myelencephalon
  • motor: tongue movement
53
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lyssencephelic

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“smooth brain”
- birds, rodents, koalas, bats, some primates

54
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Mnemonics for nerves

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  • Oh Oh Oh They Traveled And Found Voldermort Guarding Very Ancient Horcurxes
  • Some say marry money but my brother says big brains matter most
55
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dermatome

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  • sensory component carries information from a specific area of skin, and muscles, organs, and connective tissue from that area

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