Sos- Memory Processing

Question 1

4 main functions of limbic system

Answer 1

olfaction
memory
emotions
homeostasis

Question 2

______ fxn is olfaction

Answer 2

olfactory cortex

Question 3

______ fxn is short term memroy

Answer 3

hippocampus

Question 4

______ fxn is emotions and drives

Answer 4

amygdala

Question 5

_____ fxn is homeostasis; neuroendocrine control

Answer 5

hypothalamus

Question 6

damage to cribiform plate
having a cold
contrecoup lesion
(all can cause damage to what)

Answer 6

olfactory bulb

Question 7

olfactory system:

Answer 7

olfactory neurons through cribriform plate to mitral cells

Question 8

Answer 8

uncus
parahippocampal gyrus
cingulate gyrus

Question 9

short term memory tract dealing with olfactory bulb (smell):

Answer 9

olfactory bulb to amygdala to parahippocampal gyrus to hippocampus to mammillary body to thalamus to cingulate gyrus to association cortex

Question 10

impairment of olfactory fxn due to obstruction of nasal passages

Answer 10

conductive

Question 11

impairment of olfactory fxn from viruses or toxins

Answer 11

sensorineural

Question 12

distorted smell

Answer 12

dysosmia

Question 13

olfactory hallucination

Answer 13

phantosmia

Question 14

inability to recognize an odor sensation

Answer 14

olfactory agnosia

Question 15

decline in smell sense w/ age

Answer 15

presbyosmia

Question 16

a dislike or fear of certain smells

Answer 16

osmophobia

Question 16

important for short term memory

Answer 16

hippocampus

Question 17

Answer 17

hippocampus

Question 18

_____ cortex lies in parahippocampal gyrus and feeds info to hippocampus

Answer 18

entorhinal cortex

Question 19

______neurons are the first to die if there is an ischemic event

Answer 19

CA1

Question 20

hippocampal scarring

Answer 20

mesial temporal sclerosis

Question 21

short term memory circuit (Papez circuit)

Answer 21

amygdala to parahippocampal gyrus to hippocampus to fornix to mammillary bodies to MTT to anterior thalamic nuclei to cingulate gyrus to cingulum back down

Question 22

mammillary bodies destroyed
short term memory loop not functioning
“anamnestic confabulatory syndrome”

Answer 22

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Question 23

due to vitamin B1 deficiency

Answer 23

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Question 24

eye signs ataxia cognitive change (normal on top)

Answer 24

WKS

Question 25

long term memory goes from where to where

Answer 25

cingulate gyrus to association cortex

Question 26

Answer 26

dentate neurons

Question 27

hippocampus made up of what

Answer 27

CA1, 2, 3 neurons and dentate gyrus

Question 28

Answer 28

hippocampus

Question 29

Answer 29

dentate neurons

Question 30

collects data (GABA or glutamate) and then info leaves hippocampus through this

Answer 30

CA1

Question 31

storing memory for long term potentiation involves what receptor and neurotransmitter

Answer 31

NMDA and AMPA and glutamate

Question 32

Answer 32

spikes: short to long term

Question 33

Loss of both amygdala HSV encephalitis (bitemporal) Hypersexuality; overeating; docile

Answer 33

Kluver-Bucy syndrome

Question 34

malformation of amygdala high verbal facility high social unafraid of strangers

Answer 34

William's syndrome

Question 35

ischemic event

Answer 35

global brain ischemia CA1 neurons dead first