Brain Flashcards

1
Q

respiratory/cardiac centers

autonomics

A

Medulla

Pons

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2
Q

Medulla/Pons CN?

A

5-12

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3
Q

reflexes to light and sound
proximal flexor relay
motoric relay

A

Midbrain

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4
Q

CNs of Midbrain

A

3&4

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5
Q

relay station
sensory fibers
Pulvinar region=integration of sensory info

A

Thalamus

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6
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parts of thalamus

A

VPM-ventral posterior medial
VPL-ventral posterior lateral
Lateral geniculate
Medial geniculate

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7
Q

ventral posterior medial of thalamus (VPM)

A

sensory of face

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8
Q

sensory from arms and lets (from thalamus)

A

VPL-Ventral posterior lateral

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9
Q

sesnory from eyes (thalamus)

A

lateral geniculate

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10
Q

sensory from ears (thalamus)

A

medial geniculate

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11
Q

part of brain for intellect and association

A

cerebrum

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12
Q

hunger, thirst, temperature regulation, sex, rage, fear

A

hippocampus

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13
Q

balance, equilibrium, involuntary corrdination, unconscious proprioception

A

cerebellum

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14
Q

inhibits thalamus by stopping motor response and providing background muscle tone

A

Basal Ganglia

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15
Q

wernicke’s area is destroyed by

A

B1/thiamine deficiency (alchoholism-wernike korsakoff syndrome)

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16
Q

found in the junction of the parietal, occipital and temporal lobe

A

wernicke’s area

17
Q

sensory matching (can hear but may not understand) occurs in the

A

wernicke’s area

18
Q

what lobes make up the cerebrum?

A

occipital
Parietal
temporal
frontal

19
Q

vision

A

Occipital lobe

20
Q

localization “somesthetic cortex”

A

Parietal lobe

21
Q

hearing/superior lobe

22
Q

voluntary motor is part of the _____ in the _____ lobe

A

precentral gyrus

frontal

23
Q

associated with the amygdala. Pleasure or pain? Do I need for survival?

A

limbic system

24
Q

dysfunction in the basal ganglia ::(trivial info illicit a motor response)

A

parkinson’s disease (forms lewy bodies from decreased dopamine levels) “cog wheel deformity”

25
caudate nucleus (part of bass ganglia) secretes
GABA
26
consists of the putamen + caudate
striatum (internal capsule separates caudate and putamen)
27
inclusion bodies aka
lewy bodies parkinsons
28
motor aphasia is associated with
broca's area
29
broca's area is found ____ and serves as a function of _____
inferior frontal lobe on the LEFT SPEECH
30
executive function of corticobulbar tracts
personality
31
sensory aphasia affects the ____ | motor aphasia affects the ____
wernicke's | broca's area
32
can see and read, but cannot understand (20%) of world's blindness
sensory aphasia:wernicke-korsakoff syndrome
33
broca's speech area receives blood from
middle cerebral artery
34
parahippocampal cells in the uncle area are used for
smell
35
memory occurs in the ______ and damage results in ______
hippocampal cells anterograde amnesia