Test 2 - Need to Review Flashcards
- signal from limbic system to midbrain
- visceral and emotional responses to odors
habenular nuclei
Left Hemisphere, what it’s called, and what it is involved in
categorical
- specialized for language
- usually contains Wernicke and Motor speech area
- sequential and analytical reasoning (mathematic comprehension)
- right visual field
Right Hemisphere, what it’s called and what it’s involved in
representational hemisphere
- visuospatial relationships
- associated with imagination, musical and artistic skill, pattern recognition, and comparison of sensory information
- recognition of faces and spatial relationships
- contains left visual field
These two things are located within the pyramids of the medulla oblongata, and what does each of these things do?
corticospinal tracts - which are motor projection tracts involved in motor control that are housed in the pyramids
decussation - where most tract axons cross at the pyramids, so each side of the cortex controls movement on opposite side of the body (CONTRALATERAL response)
Thalamus structure and function
structure:
- gray matter mass
- composed of about a dozen thalamic nuclei
- nuclei organized into groups
- groups axons projecting to particular regions of cortex
FUNCTION:
- receives impulses from all conscious sense except olfaction
- the thalamus is the final replay point for incoming sensory information that is processed and projected to the primary somatosensory cortex
- it acts as an INFORMATION FILTER
Hypothalamus
What does it do?
- Master control of autonomic nervous and endocrine systems
- influences heart rate, blood pressure, digestive activities, respiration
- secretes hormones that control activities in anterior pituitary gland
- produces antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin
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- Body temperature
- Water intake
- Food intake
- Emotional behavior
- Sleep-wake rhythms - directs pineal gland to secrete melatonin, regulates circadian rhythms
Function of brainstem - what does it connect? what type of pathway? two main functions? and houses what?
and parts of brainstem
- connects cerebrum, diencephalon, and cerebellum to spinal cord
- bidirectional pathway
- contains autonomic (tagmentum) and reflex centers (tectum)
- houses nuclei of many cranial nerves
-midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
Parts of midbrain
- substantia nigra
- tegmentum
- tectum
substantia nigra
- stands for black substance
- houses clusters of neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine, which affects brain processes to control movement (think Parkinson’s), emotional response, and ability to experience pleasure and pain.
tegmentum
- contains red nuclei
- integrates information from cerebrum and cerebellum (teg you’re it)
-issues involuntary motor commands to to the erector spine muscles of the back to help maintain posture while standing, bending at the waist, or walking
tectum - know what the tectal plate is
- controls visual reflex and tracking
- controls auditory reflexes (turn towards noise)
pons
- contains sensory and motor tracts that connect brain and spinal cord
- pontine respiratory center helps regulate skeletal muscles of breathing
- receives auditory input, involved in pathway for sound localization
Medulla Oblongata
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- vasomotor center - regulates blood vessel diameter
- pyramids
- nucleus - recevices somatic sensory information, and sends signals to thalamus
- cardiac center - regulates heart output
- medullary respiratory center - breathing rate, works with pontine respiratory center
- other nuclei for varied functions: coughing, sneezing, vomiting, swollowing
folds in the cerebellar cortex are called?
folia
inner white matter of the cerebellum are called?
arbor vitae
cerebellum functions
- fine tunes movements, and center for muscle memory
- regulates activity along voluntary and involuntary motor paths
- adjusts movements initiated by cerebrum (corrective feedback), ensuring smoothness
- helps maintain equilibrium and posture (receives proprioceptive information from muscles and joints)
- continuously receives motor plans and sensory feedback. May generate error-correcting signals to be sent to the premotor and primary motor cortex