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Nueroanatomy Flashcards

Learn brain divisions and area meanings

1
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Nervous system

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CNS

PNS

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Central nervous system

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Brain and Spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system

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Somatic nervous system

Autonomic nervous system

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Somatic nervous system

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environmental interaction and movement control

  • Afferent = PNS to CNS
  • efferent = CNS to PNS
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Autonomic nervous system

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regulation of internal states such as tiredness and digestion
efferent nerves split into parasympathetic (reserves energy) and sympathetic (uses energy)

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Scalp

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skin
subcutaneous connective tissue
Galea aponeurotica
loose areolar tissue
pericranium
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Skull

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22 bones (8 cranial, 24 facial)

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Cranial fissures

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parietal bone
frontal bone
temporal bone
occipital bone

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Fontanelles

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baby skull movements

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Skull Foramina

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sinus holes

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Meninges

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Dura mater
Arachnoid membrane
Sub-arachnoid space filled with CSF
pia mater

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Cerebral Hemispheres

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Right and left side switch over

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Contralateral

Ipsilateral

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opposite side

same side

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Anatomical Directions

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Back
posterior
caudal

front
anterior
rostral

back (dorsal) front (ventral) in cerebellum

top
dorsal
superior

bottom
inferior
ventral

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Planes of section

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sagittal (side on)
Coronal (back head)
Axial ( bird view)

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16
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Dividing the brain

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Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
temporal lobe 
cerebellum
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Sulcus

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separates lobes

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Gyri/sulci

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increases cortical volume

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Post central Gryus

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Somatosensory functions (left side)

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Precentral gryus

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Motor functions (right side)

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Frontal lobe

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Decision and problem solving

inhibition

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Occipital lobe

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Primary visual cortex

visual association areas

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parietal lobe

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somato tactile processing
sensory integration
Somatosensory association

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Temporal lobe

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primary auditory cortex
Speech
Auditory association

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Cerebellum

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Coordination of voluntary motor movement

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26
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hemispheric asymmetry

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left side language
right side speech and motor movements
damage is contralateral

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commisural pathways

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connect regions of hemispheres
midbrain
cerebellum
spinal cord

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corpus callosum

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largest commisure
axons link regions
especially tacticle movement

29
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corpus callosum 2

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fibres run into frontal lobes from genu and fibres from both sides form a forceps minor (fork structure)

30
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corpus callosum 3

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fibres run into occipital lobe in a forceps major

31
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callsoectomy

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severe epilepsy procedure stopping hemisphere info transfer acting as two separate brains

32
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chimeric figures

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focus on dot and asked to point to complete picture and would point towards one side but say another

33
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disconnection syndrome

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agraphia is no langauge access and no left hand writing ability
anomia cant name left hand objects but can in right hand

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unilateral apraxia

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verbal instructed task with right hand but not left

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verbal anosmia

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cant name smells to right nose, left hand identifies objects

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disconnection syndrome 2

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non dominant hand has own mind and isnt supressed by dominant hand

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spacial decoupling

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can draw two different shapes at same time

38
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anterior commissure

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bundle of nerve fibres for sensation and pain

visual and auditory information transferred between temporal lobes

39
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hippocampal commissure

40
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habenular commisure

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dopamine/ serotonin regulation

41
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posterior commisure

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bilateral pupillary light reflex

42
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association fibres

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connect regions of cerebral cortex in one hemisphere

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projection fibres

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in white matter to terminate matter (white/grey)

44
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white matter

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60% brain volume myleinated

45
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grey matter

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unmyelinated
40%
nerve cell bodes 
processing concluded here
cerebral cortex largest for grey matter
46
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CNS myelination

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oligodendrocyte

47
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PNS Myelination

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schwann cells

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hypothalamus

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temp, thirst, hunger, sleep

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thalamus

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sensory and motor signals

50
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basal ganglia

A 
voluntary motor movements
cognition
learning
habits
emotions
eye movement
51
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neural development

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CNS forms day 18

organ and brain develop first

52
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pre natal development

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pro = tel and die fore
mes = mes mid
rhomb = met and mye hind
spinal cord

53
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first trimester

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2nd month neural tube
3rd month embryo reflexes
sex hormones release

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second trimester

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4th month sensory input

5th month some motor control

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third trimester

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cortical surface
insula hidden lateral sulcus
compassion and empathy

56
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forebrain telencephalon

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largest brain section voluntary movement with cognitive process

57
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amygdala (forebrain)

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memory and decision making

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hippocampus (forebrain)

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memory and decision making

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forebrain diencephalon

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thalamus

hypothalamus = posterior division of forebrain connecting with hemisphere and mes

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diencephalon thalamus

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inner room
sensory and motor relay
conciousness and sleep
intergreates cerebral corte xinformation

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diencephalon hypothalamus

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temperature, thirst, sex drive

hormone release

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mesencephalon

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auditory and visual reflex

63
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mesencephalon tegmentum

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reflex pathway
prevents unwanted movement
eye movement

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metencephalon pons

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respiration and swallowing

relays forebrain info to the cerebellum

65
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myelencephalon

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breathing and heart rate

66
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broadmann area

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1,2,3 primary somatosensory cortex
4 primary motor cortex
17 visual cotrex
41,42 auditory cortex

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