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Neurology Flashcards

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Frontal Lobe: functions

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> Memory: short-term & working
Processing information
Judgement, Decision making, & Planning

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Parietal Lobe: functions (2)

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> Sensory Input

>Spatial positioning

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Occipital Lobe: functions (3)

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Visual:
>Input
>Processing
>Output

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Temporal Lobe: functions (3)

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Auditory:
>Input
>Processing
>Output

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Somatic Nervous System: Voluntary

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> Sensory: Afferent

>Motor: Efferent

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Somatic Sensory/Afferent sends signals:

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> sends signals To CNS

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Somatic Motor/Efferent sends signals:

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> sends signals From CNS to the rest of the Body

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Autonomic Nervous System: Involuntary

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> Sympathetic: Fight or Flight

>Parasympathetic: Rest & Digest

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Parts of a Neuron (3)

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> Dendrites: Receives info
Cell Body (Soma): Processes info
Axon: Sends info

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Neuro Glial Cells: 5 Types

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>Astrocytes
>Microglia
>Oligodendrocytes
>Schwann Cells
>Ependymal Cells
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Astrocytes (Glial Cell): functional location

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> Blood Brain Barrier

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Microglia (Glial cells): functional location

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> Phagocytosis

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Oligodendrocytes (Glial Cells): functional location

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> Myelin

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Schwann (Glial Cells): functional location

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> Myelin in PNS

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Ependymal (Glial Cells): functional location

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> Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF)

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Parts and functions of a Neuron: (3)

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> Dendrites: Recieves info
Cell (Soma) Body: Processes info
Axon: Sends info

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Hindbrain: consists of (3)

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> Medulla Oblongata
Cerebellum
Pons

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Midbrain (Mesencephalon): functions (2)

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> Sensory Response Signals:
eyes, hearing, Circadian rhythm, reg body temperature, alertness.
Midbrain connects Hindbrain

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Forebrain: consists of (3)

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> Cerebrum
Thalamus
Hypothalamus

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Cerebral Cortex: consists of (1)

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> thin layer of Gray Matter

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Amygdala: part of, functions

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  • > part of Limbic System

- >responsible for the Response and Memory of Emotions, especially *Fear

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Basal Ganglia: location, functions, diseases

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  • > Cerebral Hemisphere:
  • > *Controls Movement, also congnition & emotions

->Diseases: Parkinson’s, Huntington’s

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Structures inside the Basal Ganglia (5)

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>Caudate
>Putamen
>Globus Pallidus (in cerebrum)
>Substantia Nigra (In midbrain)
>SubThalamic Nuclues (diencephlon)
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Dorsal Root Ganglion location, functions

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> attached to the posterior root of spinal nerve, part of Peripheral Nervous Systems

> *Sensory Functions, *Perception of Pain, reflex arc nerve impulse pathway

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Brainstem:

location (anatomical and functional), subsections (3)

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->located @ base of post brain
>12 pairs of Nerves, stem directly from the brainstem
>3 subsections: Midbrain, Pons, Medulla Oblongata

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Brainstem: functions

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> *Connect CNS and PNS, >Controls: Heatbeat, Respiration, BP, and Reflexes

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Medulla Oblongata: functions

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> *critical for autonomic functions:

Respiration, Digestion, Heart Rate, Blood Vessel dilation & constriction, sneezing

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Tectum: functions

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> sense of Hearing and Vision

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Cerebral Peduncles: function

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> Eye Movement

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Pons: function

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> transmits signals btw: Cerebrum,Medulla Oblongata, Cerebellum, and Thalamus

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Thalamus: location, made of

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> dorsal and ventral thalamus
located at the Base of the Cerebellum
made of Gray Matter

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Thalamus: functions

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> Relay center for Sensory Nerves to transmits signals from the Spinal Cord and the Brainstem then to the Cerebral Cortex
Motor control

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Cerebellum: functions

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> *Controls Balance and Posture

>memory and learning

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Hippocampus: functions, diseases

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> functions: processing of short-term (working) Memories into long-term (explicit/implicit) Memories and Learning (Cognitive Mapping, Recalling)

> diseases: Alzheimer’s, Epilepsy, Depression, and stress

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Frontal Lobe: functions

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> responsible for Executive functions: Planning, Decision-making.
personality

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Gray Matter in the brain: functions

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> key role in controlling Sensory and Muscular activity.

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