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Parts of the Nervous System Flashcards

1
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nervous system is:

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highly organized

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true at all levels

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gross anatomy (that which you can see by eye) to the microscopic level

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the “parts” are important because

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structure = function

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rostral

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anterior part of the brain

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caudal

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posterior part of the brain

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dorsal

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top part of the brain

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ventral

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bottom part of the brain

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horizontal plane

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cut from ear to ear
look down from above

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sagittal

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cut from up to down
dividing in half

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coronal

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cut brain in half at the crown of the brain

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central nervous system (CNS)

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brain and spinal cord

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peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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all parts of the nervous system outside brain and spinal cord

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divisions of PNS

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nerves
ganglia

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nerves

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bundles of axons in PNS

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ganglia

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clusters of neuron cell bodies distributed throughout body (near spine or near organs)

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PNS divided into

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somatic nervous system
autonomic nervous system

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somatic nervous system

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nerves between brain/spinal cord and skeletal muscles/sensory organs

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autonomic nervous system

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nerves between brain/spinal cord and internal organs

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somatic nervous system

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nerves send information from sense organs to the brain/spinal cord

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nerves from brain/spinal cord to the skeletal muscles

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voluntary movements

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within a nerve

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different axons carry sensory and motor information

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spinal cord

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travel separately in roots
dorsal root vs. ventral root
sensory nerves vs. motor nerves

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autonomic nervous system

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involuntary movements

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sympathetic

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fight or flight
norepinephrine

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parasympathetic

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relax/ rest and digest
acetylcholine

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sympathetic and parasympathetic

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often oppose each other
modulatory systems
increase or decrease functions but cannot run literal function

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enteric nervous system

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gut/digestive control

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28
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which nervous system gives rise to a fight-or-flight response?
a. parasympathetic
b. sympathetic

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b. sympathetic

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central nervous system responsible for

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  • senses: vision vs. sight, etc.
  • initiating movement of your muscles vs. moving
  • higher-order behavior: attention, cognition, perception, thought, affect, mood
  • automatic life-essential function: breathing, hunger, thermoregulation, circadian rhythm
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spinal cord

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31 pairs of spinal nerves
- one nerves serves left side of body, the other the right
cervical
thoracic
lumbar
sacral
coccygeal

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31
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brain

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cerebral cortex
corpus callosum
limbic system
basal ganglia
thalamus
hypothalamus
brain stem (midbrain, pons, medulla)
cerebellum

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cervical

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neck

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thoracic

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trunk

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lumbar

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lower back

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sacral

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pelvic

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coccygeal

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tail bone

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dorsal root ganglion

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  • bipolar neuron
  • information from skin to spinal cord
  • sensory
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ventral root

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  • cell bodies in ventral horn
  • send axon to effector muscle to make it move
  • motor
39
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the brain

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sulcus and gyrus
folding pattern is organized

40
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sulcus

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plural is sulci
a groove in the cerebral cortex

41
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gyrus

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plural is gyri
matter between two grooves/wrinkles

42
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evolutionary trends

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not all species have folds in their brain
dolphins have a more folded brain

43
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organization of the brain

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brain regions do not generally function in isolation
most brain regions have many functions!

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cerebral cortex covers

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most of the brain

45
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cerebral cortex has 4 lobes

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  • frontal lobe
  • parietal lobe
  • temporal lobe
  • occipital lobe
46
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central sulcus

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separates the frontal lobe and parietal lobe

47
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sylvian fissure

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separates frontal lobe from temporal lobe

48
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longitudinal fissure

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looking above the brain
rostral <-> caudal
splits down the center of the brain

49
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anatomy in the ventral part of the brain

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olfactory bulb-> olfactory nerve
optic nerve-> optic chiasm
not a part of the cerebral cortex

50
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olfactory bulb

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connects to olfactory nerve
sends out smell information into our brain

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optic nerve

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optic chiasm (cross)

52
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coronal plane

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gray and white matter

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gray matter

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cell bodies and dendrites

54
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white matter

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axons with white myelin sheath

55
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view along the sagittal plane: axon tracts

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axons traveling together form a tract in the brain (vs. nerve in PNS)
brain regions communicate with each other via these tracts

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corpus callosum

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axon tract that joins the two hemispheres

57
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grey matter is made up of?
a. myelinated axons
b. cell bodies and dendrites

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b. cell bodies and dendrites

58
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cerebral cortex

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complex thought and function

59
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parietal lobe

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body’s sensory info, touch

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frontal lobe

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movement, high-level cognition

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temporal lobe

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hearing, smell

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occipital lobe

63
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cerebral cortex

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sensory cortex
motor cortex
associative cortex

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sensory cortex

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processing sensory input
primary somatosensory cortex
visual cortex
auditory cortex

65
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motor cortex

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generating motor responses
primary motor cortex

66
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homunculus

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primary motor cortex
primary sensory cortex

67
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primary motor cortex

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in front of the central sulcus

68
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primary sensory cortex

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is behind the central sulcus

69
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associative cortex

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integrate sensory inputs and help plan motor function
prefrontal cortex

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cytoarchitecture

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different sub-regions, but similar structure

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apical (top) and basal (bottom) dendrites:

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receive information

72
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layers 3 & 5 contain

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pyramidal neurons

73
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pyramidal neurons

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projection cells

74
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What is the part of the brain that processes vision?

75
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thalamus

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sensory relay station

76
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hypothalamus and pituitary gland

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neurohormone center, biological rhythms, hunger/thirst, body temperature, sexual drive

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limbic system

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emotion and learning

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limbic system includes

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amygdala
hippocampus
cingulate gyrus

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amygdala

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center for negative emotion, fear, anxiety

80
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hippocampus

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learning and memory formation

81
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cingulate gyrus

82
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basal ganglia

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motor control

83
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basal ganglia includes

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caudate
substantia nigra

84
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caudate

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habit information

85
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substantia nigra

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neurons that produce a neurotransmitter dopamine, Parkinson’s disease

86
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brainstem includes

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midbrain
pons
medulla

87
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midbrain

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visual and auditory information processing

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pons

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motor control and sensory nuclei
cranial nerves

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medulla

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brain to spinal cord
breathing and heart rate
cranial nerves

90
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cerebellum

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fine motor control
gait, balance
muscle coordination

91
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What brain region is important for fear?
A. Hippocampus
B. Amygdala
C. Thalamus

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B. Amygdala

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