Test 1 Flashcards
What does the PNS communicate to
Everything outside the brain
What is it called when something goes toward the back of the head of down the spine?
Caudal
What is the front of the head refer to
Rostal
What’s another term for frontal split of the brain
Coronal
What’s another term for sagittal split of the brain
Midsagittal or parasagittal
What’s another term for horizontal split of the brain
Transverse
What does the diencephaion include ?
Thalamus and hypothalamus
What is the medulla used for
Movement and breathing and to go in between the brain and spinal cord
What does cauda equia mean
Horse tail
What is the frontal lobe used for
Planning and judgement
What is the parietal lobe used for
Attention and memory
What is the occipital lobe used for
Vision
What is the temporal lobe used for
Recognition and hearing
What divides the frontal lobe and the temporal lobe
Lateral (sylvian) fissure
What divides the frontal lobe and parietal lobe
Central sulcus
When does a stroke happen
When the brain recieves deoxygenated blood
What is the posterior of frontal lobe used for?
Movement
What stage is most of our brain in?
Tertiary area and used for judgement and etc
Where does the olfaction cortex come from and what is it used for
From the bottom of the frontal lobe and used for smell
What part of the parietal lobe is a tertiary area
Posterior part
Each cortex has how many different layers?
6
Where does layer 5 of the cortex send information to?
To the spine
What are mountains refer to in the brain as?
Gryi
What are valleys in the brain structures referred to
Sulcus
Where does the brain receive motor movement
At the central sulcus
What are the hemispheres in the brain joined by
Corpus callosum
What separates the two lobes in the brain
Longitudinal fissures
What is lateralization
It is when one side of the brain represent something that the other side does not fully understand
What is a tract in the brain?
They are nerves in the brain
What is anther way to send info from one hemisphere to another in the brain
Anterior commissure
What an white matter be referred to as and where are they located
Tracts, bundles, fasiculi
What is gray matter referred to as and where is it always located
Referred as nuclei and is always in the CNS and ganglia
True or false
Each eye receives an optic nerve carrying light info from the retina
True
What are the three cranial nerves that are used for eye movement
Oculomotor (III)
Trochlear (IV)
Abducens (VI)
Which cranial nerve is used for vision
Optic nerve (II)
Which cranial nerve is used for hearing and balance
Vestibulocochlear (VIII)
True or false
The higher in the body you go the more white matter you will see
True
Where do a lot of strokes happen
Middle cerebral artery
What makes up the blow flow to the brain
The circle of Willis
What is the blood brain barrier
It is tissue that is tightly together to protect things from getting into your brain
What makes up the CSF
Choroid Plexus
What’s was the CNS communicate to
brain and spine cord
