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Exam One - Brainstem/Medulla
What are the 3 primary vesicles,
What are the two primary flextures,
Where is the cervical flexure
41  cards
Exam One - Spinal Cord
What can damage to the spinal cor...,
What are the 3 layers of the deve...,
What is the significance of the e...
90  cards
Exam One - Diencephalon and Telencephalon
What are the 4 divisions of the d...,
Subthalamic nucleus,
Habenula
77  cards
Exam One - Pons/Mesencephalon
What are the 2 regions of the pons,
Where is the basilar pons,
What does the basilar pons contain
37  cards
Exam One - Basic design and terminology
What makes up the cns,
What makes up the pns,
What are the two subdivisions und...
51  cards
Exam One - Meninges, CSF, and Neurovasculature of Brain
Which meninges develop from the n...,
Which meninges develop from the m...,
How many layers are the embryonic...
69  cards
Exam One - Neuroembryology
The basic formation of the human ...,
Following fertilization cells div...,
What day does a morula form
74  cards
Exam One - synaptic transmission
Chemical synapses,
Electrical synapses,
Electrical signal transmission via
8  cards
Exam Two - Somatosensory Physiology Receptors
What are sensations,
What is feature extraction,
What is a general problem for all...
91  cards
Exam Two - DCML
Dcml,
What is the overall purpose of th...,
What are the 5 general structural...
47  cards
Exam Two - ALS
0  cards
Exam Two - GSA for Cranial Nerves
All somatosensory fibers from cra...,
Gsa fibers of vagus carry,
Gsa fibers from 9 carry
58  cards
Exam Two - neurobiology of pain
Nociception,
Pain,
Subjective awareness of tissue in...
32  cards
Exam Two - Motor Systems
0  cards
Exam Two - Locomotion
What are the structures of the ne...,
Basic neural mechanisms underlyin...,
Divergence
47  cards
Exam Three - vision
Pupil,
Cornea,
Iris
65  cards
Exam Three - visual motor
Duction,
Intorsion,
Extorsion
62  cards
Exam Three - Cerebellum
This has cellular layers for proc...,
T or f the medullary center has w...,
What are the 3 lobes of the cereb...
90  cards
Exam Three - Basal Ganglia
The ______ and ______ control pos...,
The _____ and _____ control volun...,
3 levels of control of voluntary ...
60  cards
Exam Three - ANS
What is the function of the ans,
Peripheral sns is found here and ...,
Visceral afferents do this 3
73  cards
Exam Three - Hypothalamus
The ___ and __ control the endocr...,
What 3 things does the hypothalam...,
What ans thing does the pons control
48  cards
Exam Three - Limbic System
What does the limbic system do,
What 4 main things make up the li...,
Cingulate gyrus function
51  cards
Exam Three - Cortex
Neurons in the cerebral cortex re...,
How many layers does the neocorte...,
How many layers does the medial t...
77  cards
Exam Three - Plasticity
Neuroplasticity,
The process of experience depende...,
10 principles of neuroplasticity
65  cards
Exam Three - Aging
By age ___ the brain reaches 90 o...,
This is the last area of the brai...,
At what age is the prefrontal cor...
45  cards

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