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The Nervous System Flashcards

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It is the body’s major communication and control network in the form of electrical signals, and relayed constantly from the sense organs to and from the brain, through complex networks of neurons on a timescale measured in milliseconds

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Nervous system

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It consists of the brain and spinal cord. It is the coordinating system for the body.

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Schematic

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integration center of communication

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Thalamus

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directs Pituitary gland

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Hypothalamus

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master gland, metabolism, growth

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Pituitary gland

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movement

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Basal Ganglia

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learning, memory

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limbic system

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higher order processing of information

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Cerebrum

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hearing, vision

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Tectum

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heartbeat, circulation and respiration

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Medulla

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movement production, motivation

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Tegmentum

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relay station

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Pons

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movement, balance and coordination

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Cerebellum

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a long cylinder of nerve tissue that
extends like a tail from the medulla; serves as the pathway
of information

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Spinal cord

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It consists of peripheral nerves ang ganglia (spinal, cranial, visceral nerves), the between brain and body.

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Peripheral nervous system

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It controls voluntary movement

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Somatic PNS

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It controls involuntary movement

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Autonomic PNS

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controls for ‘fight or flight’ responses

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Sympathetic system

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controls for ‘rest and digest’ responses

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Parasympathetic system

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most smallest neurons

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granular cells

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begins programming a movement for Motor cortex to execute movement

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premotor cortex

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4 lobes of the cerebral cortex

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Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe

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They are the hill/clefts.

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Sulci

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They are the ridges/valleys formed along the sulci

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Gyri

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The large sulcus

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Fissure

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Its main target is for visual information.

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Occipital lobe

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It monitors all the information about eye, head, and body positions and passes it on to brain areas that control movement, spatial information and numerical information.

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Parietal lobe

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the primary cortical target for auditory information.

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Temporal lobe

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the “control panel” of our personality and our ability to communicate.

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Frontal lobe

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It is found in the occipital, temporal, and parietal lobes. It processes incoming information from the sensory systems.

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Sensory cortex

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The association cortex are areas located primarily in the frontal, temporal, and inferior parietal lobes.

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Association Cortex

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This method allows us to see in detail the size and shape of neurons and their components

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Neuroanatomical Techniques

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this method uses electrons instead of light to magnify the image to allows us to see features as small as a single molecule of neurochemical.

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Electron microscopy

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This method allow us to trace the extent of features of the nervous system.

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Chemical Staining

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It is an imaging technology in which
computers are used to enhance X-ray images to visualize the brain and other internal structures of the living body.

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Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT/CT)

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It is an imaging technique that provides a high- resolution image of activity in a living brain by recording the emission of radioactivity from injected chemicals.

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET).

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It is an imaging technique that provides very high-resolution structural images.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

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It is a set of tests that tend to be performed poorly by brain-damaged patients in relation to other patients or healthy controls; the scores on each test are added together to form a single aggregate score.

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Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery

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