Functional organisation of the nervous system Flashcards
What is prospagnosia
face blindness
What is apraxia
cant reach
What is achromatopsia
cant see colour
What is akinetopsia
can’t move
What are the two pathways that visual information goes through and what do they do?
dorsal and ventral attention areas
dorsal: where are things happening
ventral: what am i looking at
What is the diencephalon
thalamus + hypothalamus
What local circuits occur through the spinal cord/hind brain
sensory input and motor output
What local circuits occur through the midbrain
integrated startle responses and eye movts
Why is there an enlargement of the spinal cord where the limbs are
there is more grey matter as there is more neural material
What component of the spinal cord allows for a reflex response
the central pattern generator
What do cranial nerves V-XII do
muscle control and sensation (incl. hearing) for head
What do cranial nerves III + IV do
used for motor control of eye movt. driven by visuel and auditory cues
What areas of the nervous system control the parasympathetic nervous system
midbrain, hindbrain, sacral spinal cord
What areas of the nervous system control the sympathetic nervous system
thoracic spinal cord
What are the reward and error pathways in the thalamus
basal ganglia - reward
cerebellum - error
