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third test practice questions Flashcards

1
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two divisions of autonomic nervous system

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sympathetic and parasympathetic

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2
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brain and spinal cord part of which nervous system

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CNS

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3
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which hemisphere is broca’s area

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left

frontal lobe

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4
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function of thalamus

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consciousness, alertness, sleep

relays sensory information to cortex

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5
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which of 5 senses not relayed through thalamus before getting to cortex

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smell

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6
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function of parasympathetic nervous system

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calms down after stress, regulates heartbeat and breathing

rest and digest

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7
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three parts included in limbic system

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amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus

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8
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what is CSF and where produced

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cerebrospinal fluid

produced in choroid plexus

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9
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which vesicle in five stage becomes cerebellum. from which did this develop

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metencephalon (5)

rhombencephalon (3)

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10
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what part of developing embryo becomes peripheral nervous system

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neural crest

part of ectoderm

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11
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condition where csf builds up in skull and causes swelling/death

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hydrocephalus/water on the brain

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12
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which of meninges closest to surface of brain and lines blood vessels

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pia mater

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13
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which layer in embryo becomes muscles and bones

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mesoderm

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14
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efferent neurons carry info —— the brain

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away from

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15
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gray matter refers to ——- of neurons

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cell bodies

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16
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where does midsagittal cut go

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cut through longitudinal fissure

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17
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contralateral

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structures on opposite sides of midline

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18
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part of nervous system includes brain and spinal cord

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CNS

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19
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divisions in pns

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somatic and autonomic

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20
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part of pas that includes signal to organs in body like heart

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autonomic

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21
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motor signals away from cns

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efferent

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22
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fight or flight which part of autonomic

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sympathetic

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23
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when sympathetic activated one thing that occurs

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increasing heart rate and respiration

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24
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toward back, toward front

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caudal, rostral

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25
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toward midline, away from midline

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medial, lateral

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26
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longitudinal fissure cut which kind

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sigittal

27
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touch right arm left brain activated

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contralateral

28
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slice along central sulcus

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coronal

29
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slice through lateral fissure

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horizontal

30
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part of brain forming and retrieving memories

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hippocampus

31
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part of brain causes to change gaze when thing moves into field of view

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superior colliculus

32
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part of brain controls movement of mouth tongue lips so can speak

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broca’s area

33
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part of brain helps perceive touch

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somatosensory cortex

34
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part of brain w white matter, connects two cerebral hemispheres

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corpus callosum

35
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part of brain controls circadian rhythms

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pineal gland

36
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signals from right motor cortex cause what to occur

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voluntary motion on left side

37
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part of brain major sensory relay area

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thalamus

38
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part of brain involved in recollective memories

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maxillary bodies

39
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part of brain controls four fs

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hypothalamus

40
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meninges tightly adheres surface of brain

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pia mater

41
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function of dura mater

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protection

42
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where is CSF found

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subarachnoid space, ventricles

43
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csf produced by —— in ventricles but returned to venous blood in the dural sinuses by ——- which causes csf to circulate

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choroid plexus, arachnoid villi/granulation

44
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two functions of csf

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cushion, white blood cells, flushes out toxins, hydrates brain

45
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where blood vessels located in meninges

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subarachnoid

46
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one sign baby has hydrocephalus

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soft spot bulge, giant head

47
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one side baby has meningitis

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arched back

48
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structures part of forebrain

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cerebral hemispheres

49
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difference between gray matter v white matter of spinal cord

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gray matter inside, white matter outside

50
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dorsal or ventral root carry motor signals

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ventral

51
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type of brain scan used to examine brain activity or functioning

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PET and fMRI

52
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brain scans to limit

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CT bc they use x rays

53
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how know MRI not CT

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3D

54
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which germ layer becomes skin and nervous system

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ectoderm

55
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germ layer becomes organs and glands

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endoderm

56
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germ layer becomes bones and muscles

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mesoderm

57
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17 days post conception what part of ectoderm folds and what does it become

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neural plate becomes neural groove and neural tube

58
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difference in outcome between rostral and caudal ends of neural tube

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rostral is brain, caudal is spinal cord

59
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disorder occurring when rostral end of neural tube doesn’t fully close v when caudal end doesn’t fully close

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rostral is anencephaly, caudal is spina bifida

60
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helps prevent neural tube defects

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folic acid

61
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difference in outcome between somites and neural crest

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somites become vertebrae, neural crest becomes PNS

62
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3 vesicles from rostral to caudal and next to each vesicle record record becomes midbrain forebrain or hindbrain

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prosencephalon becomes forebrain, mesencephalon becomes midbrain, rhombencephalon becomes hindbrain

63
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2 vesicles of 5 vesicle stage does prosencephalon become and what do these become

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telencephalon becomes cerebrum, diencephalon becomes thalamus and hypothalamus

64
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2 vesicles of 5 stage does rhombencephalon become and what do these become

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rhomb becomes metencephalon and myelencephalon
met becomes cerebellum and pons
myelen becomes medulla

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