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Brain & Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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Any nerve or ganglia outside of the CNS

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Sensory/Afferent Division

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Carries signals to the CNS

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Motor/Efferent Division

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Carries signals from the CNS to glands and muscle cells

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Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

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Carries signals to glands, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle. Responsible for visceral reflexes

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Sympathetic Division

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Arouses the body for action/fight-or-flight

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Parasympathetic Division

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Has calming effect on body/rest and digest

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Dura Mater

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Tough two-layered sheet of fibrous connective tissue

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Subdural Space

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Virtual space between the dura and arachnoid membrane

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Arachnoid Mater

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Web-like structure that secures blood vessels

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Subarachnoid Space

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CSF-filled space between the arachnoid mater and pia mater

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Pia Mater

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Thin shiny layer that adheres to the contours of the brain

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Sulci/Sulcus

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Shallow grooves

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Fissures

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Deep grooves that separate brain structures

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Gyri/gyrus

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Thick rounded folds

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Cerebrum

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Largest part of the brain

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Central Sulcus

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Divides the frontal and parietal lobes

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Lateral Sulci

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Separates the temporal and parietal lobes

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Longitudinal fissure

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Separates the left and right hemispheres

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Transverse Fissure

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Separates the cerebellum and the occipital lobe

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Corpus Callosum

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Connects the right and left hemispheres

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Cerebral Cortex

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Consists of the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes

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Frontal Lobe

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Voluntary motor functions, motivation, foresight, planning, memory, mood, emotion, social judgment, and aggression

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Parietal Lobes

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Primary site for receiving and interpreting signals of the general senses and taste

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Temporal Lobes
Hearing, equilibrium, smell, learning, memory, and emotion
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Occipital Lobe
Visual center of the brain
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Diencephalon
Consists of the thalamus, hypothalamus, infundibulum, mammillary body, pineal gland, pituitary gland, and fornix
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Thalamus
Relay center for sensory information
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Hypothalamus
Major control center for regulation of homeostasis responses such as hormone secretion, autonomic effects, thermoregulation, and food/water intake
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Infundibulum
Connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland
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Mammillary body
Relay center for long-term memory
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Pineal Gland
Regulates circadian rhythms and produces melatonin
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Pituitary Gland
Works with hypothalamus to release/secrete hormones
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Fornix
Connects hippocampus to mammillary body
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Cerebellum
Contains the arbor vitae and more than half of all brain neurons (100 billion)
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Arbor Vitae
Tree of life that brings sensory motor information to and from the cerebellum. Involved in fine motor skills, spatial perception, synchronizing muscular actions, timekeeping, and distinguishing pitch
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Brain Stem
Contains the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata
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Midbrain
Connects the diencephalon to the pons
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Corpora Quadrigemina
Formed from superior (visual) and inferior (auditory) colliculi
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Pons
Connects brain stem to cerebellum. Contains ascending sensory tracts and descending motor tracts
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Medulla Oblongata
Connects spinal cord to pons and contains the cardiac, vasomotor, respiratory, and reflex centers
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Ventricles of Brain
Spaces in brain occupied by CSF and allows the flow of CSF throughout the CNS
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Order of flow for Ventricles
Lateral ventricles, interventricular Foramen, third ventricle, cerebral aqueduct, fourth ventricle, central canal
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Olfactory Nerve (I)
Sensory nerve for smell
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Optic Nerve (II)
Sensory nerve for vision
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Oculomotor Nerve (III)
Motor nerve for eye movement (rectus muscles), opening of eyelid (levator palpebrae superioris), and pupil constriction
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Trochlear Nerve (IV)
Motor nerve for eye movement (superior oblique muscle)
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Trigeminal Nerve (V)
2 sensory divisions (ophthalmic and maxillary) and one mixed (mandibular). Sensory function of face and motor function of muscles of mastication
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Abducens Nerve (VI)
Motor nerve for lateral movement of eye (lateral rectus muscle)
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Facial Nerve (VII)
Mixed nerve with sensory function of taste on anterior 2/3 of tongue and motor function of various facial/neck muscles and glands
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Vestibulocochlear Nerve (VIII)
Sensory nerve for hearing and balance
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Glossopharyngeal Nerve (IX)
Mixed nerve with sensory function of taste, touch, pressure, pin, and temperature on posterior 1/3 of tongue. Motor function of salivation, swallowing, and gagging
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Vagus Nerve (X)
Mixed nerve with sensory function of taste, hunger, and fullness and motor function of swallowing, speech, and regulation of heart & GI tract
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Accessory Nerve (XI)
Motor nerve for swallowing, head, neck, and shoulder movements
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Hypoglossal Nerve (XII)
Motor nerve of tongue movements for speech, food manipulation, and swallowing

Bio 201 Lab (10 decks)

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