Praxis Study Guide (Part 2) Flashcards
What are axons bound together by connective tissue? They are a group of fibers outside the CNS. Spinal nerves contain fibers of sensory and motor neurons.
Nerves
What are individual cells in the brain? Examples include dendrites, axons, and cell bodies.
Neurons
What are the group of fibers inside the CNS? The spinal tracts carry information up/down the spinal cord, to and from the brain.
Tracts
What are the motor nerves where the brain sends signals down to the nerve to innervate a muscle? (Exits)
Efferent
What are the sensory nerves where the signal comes up from the sensory organ via a nerve to the brain? (Arrives)
Afferent
What are the tracts that carry fibers to the spinal cord/brainstem? They originate in the cerebral cortex and have voluntary control of the body and face muscles.
Pyramidal Tracts
What are the tracts that carry fibers to the spinal cord that originate in the brainstem? They have involuntary and automatic control (tone, balance, posture, etc.)
Extrapyramidal Tracts
What neurons are found in the cerebral cortex/brainstem and transmit nerve impulses from the brain to the lower motor neurons?
Upper Motor Neurons
What neurons are found in the brainstem/spinal cord and transmit nerve impulses from the upper motor neurons to muscles?
Lower Motor Neurons
What tract has synapses that terminate in the spinal cord? It controls movements in the limbs and trunk.
Corticospinal
What tract has synapses that terminate in the brainstem? It controls the muscles of the face, head, and neck.
Corticobulbar
One side innervating
Unilateral
Both sides innervating
Bilateral
Same side of body
Ipsilateral
Opposite side of body
Contralateral
Near given position
Proximal
Away from given position
Distal
In front of
Anterior
Behind
Posterior
Above
Superior
Below
Inferior
Front, towards the nose
Rsotral
Back, towards the tail
Caudal
What system is made up of the brain and spinal cord?
Central Nervous System (CNS)
What system is made up of all other nerves except for the brain and spinal cord? For example, it includes the cranial nerves and the spinal nerves.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
What are the involuntary muscle systems? It makes up cardiac and smooth muscles and glands.
Autonomic
What are the voluntary muscle systems? It includes the skeletal muscles.
Somatic
What division provides the “fight or flight” response? It is part of the Automatic portion of the PNS.
Sympathetic Division
What division controls the body’s functions at rest? It is part of the Automatic portion of the PNS.
Parasympathetic Division
What division of the brain processes sensory information, reasons/problem-solves, and controls automatic motor functions? It is the largest brain division and has 2 subdivisions.
Telencephalon = Cerebral cortex that is divided into 4 major lobes (Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital)
Diencephalon = Connects endocrine with nervous system (Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Pineal Gland)
Forebrain
What division of the brain regulates movement and processes auditory and visual information? It connects the forebrain to the hindbrain and has 2 main parts (Tectum and Paired Cerebral Peduncles).
Midbrain
What division of the brain regulates autonomic functions, balance, equilibrium, and relay of sensory information? It has 2 subdivisions: Metencephalon and Myelencephalon.
Metencephalon = Pons & cerebellum
Myelencephalon = Medula oblongata
Hindbrain
Location: front area of skull, composed of two hemispheres (left/right)
Function: “thinking portion” of brain; most complex cognitive functions
Cerebrum
Location: base of brain-cerebrum juncture + spinal cord; midbrain, pons & medulla
Function: automatic reflexes/vegetative functions (e.g., breathing, heart rate, etc.)
Brainstem
Location: hangs off the back of the brainstem under the occipital lobe
Function: voluntary movements; balance, coordination, posture, attention
Cerebellum
Location: lower portion of brainstem, below pons
Function: regulates respiration, heart rate + reflexes such as vomiting, swallowing
Medulla
Location: middle portion of the brainstem
Function: attachment between cerebellum and rest of CNS
Pons
Location: upper (superior) most part of the brainstem
Function: houses substantial nigra (production of neurotransmitter - dopamine)
Midbrain
Location: deep within cerebral hemispheres (either side of the thalamus); telencephalon
Function: fine-tunes voluntary body movements, motor coordination, posture
Basal Ganglia
Location: housed within the bony vertebral column, PNS begins here
Function: allows afferent impulses to transmit to the brain + efferent from brain-body
Spinal Cord
Location: top of brainstem; core of diencephalon
Function: relay center for sensory signals; and also motor
Thalamus
Location: below thalamus; posterior to the optic chiasm
Function: homeostasis, regulates hunger/thirst, pain/pleasure, anger/aggression
Hypothalamus
Location: within the inferior and medial section of the temporal lobe
Function: responsible for new memories, emotions, spatial navigation
Hippocampus
Location: nuclei located within temporal lobes
Function: responsible for emotions, arousal, motivation
Amygdala