Vosko- Review of Neuroscience Flashcards
one cell’s axon acts on another cell’s
dendrite
oligodendrocyte
myelinates axons in the CNS
kind of glial cell
Its cousin in the PNS is the schwann cell
End of the axon that makes contact with the dendrite =
bouton
gray vs white matter
Gray matter: neurons, dedrites, synapses. Protoplasmic astrocytes
microglia (are in both)
White matter: axons that are myelinated, fibrous astrocytes
Neurons, dendrites, synapses
are in the gray matter
collect, integrate, transmit information; syntehsize macromolecules
Axons
are in the white matter (myelinated)
conduct information
oligodendrocytes
white and gray matter
form myelin sheaths
shwann cells do this in the PNS
protoplasmic astrocytes
in gray matter
- provide mechanical (blood-brain barrier) and metabolic support, response to injury
fibrous astrocytes
in white matter
- provide mechanical (blood-brain barrier) and metaolic support, response to injury
microglia
gray (and white) matter
phagocytosis, response to injury
ependymal cells
in the walls of the ventricles
line ventricles and choroid plexus, secrete cerebrospinal fluid
Embryology: vesicles
3 vesicle stage: Prosencephalon (forebrain)
Mesencephalon (midbrain)
Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)
Pros becomes Telencephalon and Diencephalon
Mes stays the same
Rhombencephalon becomes the metencephalon and teh myencephalon
What do the 5 embryologic vesicles become?
Telencephalon–> cerebral cortex, basal ganglia
Diencephalon –> Thalamus, hypothalamus, retina
Mesencephalon –> Midbrain
Metencephalon –> cerebellum, pons
Myelencephalon –> Medulla
cranial nerves derive from
neural crest
around axis of neural tube
1-1-2-2-6 mnemonic
Remember the embryologic vesicles– and how many cranial nerves come from each
Telencephalon: I. Diencephalon: II Mesencephalon: III and IV Metencephalon: V. and VI Myelencephalon: VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII
ventricle relationship to embryologic vesicles
Lateral ventricle- Telencephalon
Third ventricle- diencephalon
future cerebral aqueduct- mesencephalon (no choroid plexus but yes to all the others)
Fourth ventricle- met and myelencephalon
Frontal lobe functions
motor control and metacognitive (decision, personality, emotional control, pattern finding)
Primary motor cortex
- is the precentral gyrus
mostly contralateral
where is broca’s area?
inferior frontal gyrus
Broca’s aphasia: trouble constructing words
function of the gyrus rectus and the orbital gyri
have to do with the olfactory system
primary somatosensory cortex
Parietal lobe: postcentral gyrus