Neuromuscular and Nervous Systems Flashcards
What are characteristics of the left hemisphere?
- Language
- Sequence and perform movements
- understand language
- produce written and spoke language
- Analytical
- Controlled
- Logical
- Rational
- Mathematical calculations
- Express positive emotions love happiness
- -process verbally coded information in an organized, logical, and sequential manner
What are characteristics of the Right hemisphere?
- nonverbal processing
- process information in holistic manner
- artistic abilities
- general concept comprehension
- hand-eye coordination
- spatial relationships
- kinesthetic awareness
- understanding music
- mathematical reasoning
- Express negative emotions
- Body image awareness
What are the functions of the frontal lobe?
- voluntary movement
- Broca’s area motor area for speech
- personality, temper, judgement, reasoning, behavior, self-awareness, executive functions.
What is the hippocampus?
located deeply in the lower temporal lobe, the hippocampus is responsible for the process and formation of new strong memories. long term storage
Basil ganglia does what?
grey matter masses ddeep within the white matter of the cerebrum. It is responsible for voluntary movement, regulation of autonomic movement , posture, muscle tone, ad control of motor responses. Dysfuntion of the basil ganglia is associated with conditions like parkinson’s, huntington’s, tourette’s, ADD, OCD and other conditions.
What does the Amygdala do?
Small almond shaped and located in the frontal lobe, the Amygdala does emotional and social processing. It is involved in fear and pleasure responses, arousal, processing of memory, and formation of emotional memories.
What is the function of the thalamus?
The thalamus is the relay center of the brain. It relays information to the appropriate cerebral cortex. A lesion will result in spontaneous contralateral pain in the body.
What does the hypothalamus do?
It receives and integrates information from the autonomic nervous system and assists in regulating hormones.
What does the subthalamus do?
regulates movements produced by the skeletal muscles.
What does the epithalamus do?
represented by the pineal glad which secretes melatonin for sleep.
What does the cerebellum do?
located at the posterior of the brain, the cerebellum is responsible for the fine tuning of movement and assists with maintaining posture and balance by controlling muscle tone and positioning of extremities in space.
What does the pons do?
assists with the regulation of RR and associated with the orientation of head in relation to visual stimuli
What does the medulla oblongata do?
Influences autonomic nervous activity such as RR, HR,
