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1
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nocioception

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pain, pressure, itch

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2
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proprioception

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body awareness and head movement

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2
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hapsis

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fine touch and pressure

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3
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what is speed determined by?

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myelin and diameter

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4
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fashion in which information enters the spinal cord

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orderly

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5
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what’s a dermatome

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area of skin that sends information to a single dorsal-root ganglion

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6
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how does information enter the spinal cord?

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via the dorsal-root ganglion

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7
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in what fashion does sensory information enter the ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus

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contralateral-ly

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8
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where is sensory information processed (mainly)

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in the primary somatosensory cortex

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9
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where is the primary somatosensory cortex located

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in the parietal lobe just posterior to the central sulcus

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10
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what information does the right vs left primary somatosensory cortex process

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right cortex - right side of the body
left cortex - left side of the body

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11
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what is the receptive field of a neuron

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a region of physical space where it is possible for a physical stimulus to alter the firing rate of the neuron being measured

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12
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how is a dermatome different from a receptive field

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receptive fields are large and can overlap

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13
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what does touching the center of the receptive field cause?

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increase in firing rate

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14
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what does touching the surrounging of the receptive field cause?

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decrease in firing rate

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15
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what is plasticity?

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the ability of brain structures to change to better cope with the environment

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16
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where is the primary motor cortex located

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frontal lobe just anterior to the central sulcus

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17
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what does crossing the midline mean in the context of this course?

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hemispheres controlling the other side of the body (both sensory and motor)

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18
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what directly controls the muscles?

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spinal motor neurons (not the motor cortex directly)

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19
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what’s a motor unit?

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a single spinal motor neuron and all of the individual muscle fibers it contacts

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20
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neurotransmitter used by neurons to “talk to” muscles

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acetylcholine

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21
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receptor systems that monitor the status of a muscle

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muscle spindle neurons

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22
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what/why is the stretch reflex (knee hitting thingy)

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when a muscle gets stretched it increases the firing rate of the neurons and the body makes an immediate effort to work against that stretch

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23
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top-down control of reflexes

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we subconsciously inhibit some reflexes (like the babinski reflex). loss of this control indicates damage

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24
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amplitude in light waves

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brightness

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25
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wavelength of light waves

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color

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26
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sympathetic vs parasympathetic nervous system on the pupil

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sympathetic - pupil dilation
parasympathetic - pupil constriction (via acetylcholine)

extra: atropine prevents pupil constriction

27
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sensitivity (pupil)

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larger pupil, more light let in, good for dimly lit environments

28
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acuity (pupil)

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smaller pupil, sharper image, good for seeing detail

29
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what is binocular disparity

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images on each retina being offset, allows us to see depth

30
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what is the sense organ for vision?

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the retina

31
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what are the receptors for light (vision)

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rods and cones

32
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how is the “issue” of light being filtered and distorted through the layers of neurons

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the fovea where the retinal ganglion layer is basically nonexistent

33
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axons must pass through the retina at some point

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that creates the blind spot, a solution for the missing spot is called “completion”

34
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cones vs rods light perception

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cones - color
rods - light

35
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cones vs rods sensitivity and why

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cones are more accurate but less sensitive and rods are the opposite because of the amount of them that respond to a single ganglion cell

36
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what do rods do in response to light? (axons)

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rods don’t fire in response to light, they actually stop firing. that in turn tho causes the ganglion cells to fire

37
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how does the information leave the eye

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axons from the retinal ganglion cells exit the eye through the optic nerve

38
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visual fields

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both eyes see both visual fields but the information from the left visual field goes to the right primary visual cortex and vice versa

39
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how are visual fields split

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the retinas are split into the visual fields at the retina. they are split into the nasal and temporal hemiretina

40
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how do the visual fields get to the right cortexes

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the axons from each nasal hemiretinal cross the midline

41
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what are the physical stimulus for vision and audition

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vision - light waves
audition - sound vibrations

42
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amplitude in sound

A

loudness

43
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frequency in sound

A

pitch

44
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how do the vibrations travel through the ear

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tympanic membrane (eardrum) –> ossicles (the three little bones) –> oval window –> cochlea –> organ of corti –> hair cells

45
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sense organ for audition

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organ of corti

46
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sound receptors

A

hair cells

47
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how do hair cells bla bla yk what i mean

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they are moved physically which mechanically causes ion channels to open. depolarization of the hair cells causes neurotransmitters to be released which causes a chain reaction

48
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different areas of the organ of corti respond to different frequencies

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tonotopic map, similar frequencies next to each other

49
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where is the primary auditory cortex

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in the temporal lobe

50
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what’s the organization in the primary auditory cortex

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columnar organization that corresponds to the tonotopic map

51
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anterior vs posterior auditory pathway

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anterior - what
posterior - where

52
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how do we locate sound

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inter-aural timing differences

53
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what’s the vestibular sense

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sense of balance (and head movement). a kind of proprioception

54
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what’s the sense organ of the vestibular system

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semicircular canals

55
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what’s the receptor for the vestibular sense

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hair cells

56
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how is the vestibular information processed

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travels along the cranial nerve, is processed by the brainstem and the cerebellum. works in close collaboration with other systems, especially the visual system

57
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what’s an example of the vestibular and visual systems working together

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the vestibular-ocular reflex. you can move your head and the image remains stable

58
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what are some similarities between the systems

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contralateral projections (everything is swapped left to right and right to left). orderly representation. top down control. thalamus

59
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which parts of the thalamus are the different senses processed in

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vision - lateral geniculate nucleus
audition - medial geniculate nucleus
somatosensation - ventral posterior nucleus

60
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orderly representation of the visual stimulus

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retinotopic map, neurons for light next to each other are next to each other

61
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disproportionate representation

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visual - at the fovea
sensory and motor - face and hands

62
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visual receptive field

A

an area of visual space where it is possible for light to change the firing rate of a neuron

63
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light in the center vs off center vs both

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center - increased firing rate
off center - decreased firing rate
both - basically unchanged firing rate

64
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ventral vs dorsal streams (for vision)

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ventral - what
dorsal - where

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