Flashcards in Brain Basics Deck (116)
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Forebrain is composed of what 2 structures?
Cerebral cortex and limbo system
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Proencephalon belongs to what structure
Forebrain
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Proencephalon develops into what
Telencephalon and diencephalon
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Telencephalon is also known as what
Cerebrum - left and right hemispheres “seat of consciousness”
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Diancephalon contains the
Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Subthalamus
Epithalamus
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Mesencephalon develops into the
Corpora quadrigemina
Tegmentum
Cerebral peduncles
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Metencephalon develops into the
Pond and cerebellum
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Hindbrain contains the
Pons
Medulla
Cerebellum (“unconscious brain”)
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The developing spinal cord named...
Myelencephalon
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Hindbrain is comprised of
Metencephalon
Myelencephelon
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Midbrain comprised of
Metencephalon
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Forebrain comprised of
Telencephalon
Diencephalon
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Cerebrum (telencephalon) comprised of
Gray matter; cerebrum and basal ganglia
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thickness of the gray matter in the cerebral cortex
1-4mm
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gray matter is comprised of what
cell bodies and dendrites
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protrustions
gyri
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small indentations
sulci
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big indentations
fissure
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left and right hemispheres are connected by
corpus callosum (white matter)
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left and right hemispheres seperated by
longitudinal fissure
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large area of myelinated fibers communicating the senosry and motor information from the cerebrum and other areas like one hemisphere to another
corpus collossum
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what is the largest white matter structure in the human brain
corpus collossum; 200-250 million axons
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crease that seperates the right and left hemispheres
longitudinal fissure
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right hemisphere is associated with what
creativity
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left hemisphere is associated with what
logic and reasoning
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where is the site of most of the somatic adn vegative functions
telencephalon
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cerebral hemispheres have four main regions, what are they
frontal
parietal
occipital
temporal
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what structure is crucial to functions with singlesided task neurons
corpos callosum
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what are the common side effects of post corpus callosotomy?
initial aphasia and paralysis
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