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Decks in this class (20)

Intro to the neuroanatomy of the CNS and PNS / Overview of Pathways
What nervous system is the crania...,
What nervous system is the brain ...,
What is the functional unit of th...
124  cards
Action Potentials & Synapses
What causes a neutron to be polar...,
What is the charge of neurons mea...,
How are neutrons different than m...
95  cards
Somatosensation-Touch
Where does somatic sensation orig...,
Where do cell bodies of afferent ...,
Where do the dorsal root ganglia lie
27  cards
Pain
What determines the intensity and...,
What receptors are affected for a...,
What is the function of acute pain
20  cards
Motor and premotor Cortex
What can the motor cortex be divi...,
True or false there is more surfa...,
What areas of the motor cortex wo...
74  cards
Muscle Function
What is an alpha motor neuron,
What does an alpha motor neuron do,
What is a motor unit
52  cards
Basal Ganglia and Dopamine
Does the basal ganglia directly s...,
What are the 5 nuclei of the basa...,
What pathway is the globus pallid...
54  cards
Posture and Balance
What is com,
What is bos,
What is cop
75  cards
Cerebellum and Motor Control
What does cerebellum mean,
What similarities does the cerebe...,
Does the cerebrum or cerebellum c...
56  cards
Neuroplasticity
What is neuroplasticity,
What is synaptic plasticity,
What are the different processes ...
19  cards
Reflexes
What 3 sources provides us with s...,
What is interdependent,
Where are the cell bodies of our ...
62  cards
Gait
What are spatial parameters,
What are temporal parameters,
What are central pattern generators
35  cards
Vision and Eye movements
What is the coloured part of the eye,
What eye structure receives light...,
What is analogous to the skin
71  cards
Neuroscience of Stress
What is stress caused by,
How is anxiety defined,
Is stress short or long term
58  cards
Association Cortices
What is the function of the heter...,
What makes up most of the cerebra...,
What are the heteromodal associat...
64  cards
Memory
What are the 2 categories of memory,
What are the 3 stages of memory,
What stage of memory can you forget
45  cards
Attention and Perception
What does attention need the func...,
What is selective attention,
What is sustained attention
26  cards
Speech and Language
What is lateralized to the left s...,
What are the 2 main areas in the ...,
What do analogous regions in the ...
28  cards
Emotions
What ways are emotions expressed,
What are all emotions accompanied by,
What are visceral motor system re...
27  cards
Mental Health
1  cards

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