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Central Nervous System Flashcards

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Parietal lobe?

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Somatosensory experiences

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What does the frontal lobe do?

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Higher level thinking, language on left side

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Temporal lobe?

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Auditory

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Insula

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Experience of being human

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Gyri?

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Ridges

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Sulci

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Shallow grooves

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Fissures

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Deep grooves

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What is the cerebral Cortex?

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The site of conscious mind (awareness, sensory perception etc…)

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What are the 3 functional areas of cerebral cortex?

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Motor sensory association

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What is the promotor cortex

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Learned repetitive behavior coordination or planned movements

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Broca’s area

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Motor speech mouth and tongue can move to speak

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Wernickes area

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Understanding language

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Primary somatosensory cortex

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Receives sensory info from the skin, skeletal muscles and joints and spatial discrimination

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Somatosensory association cortex

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Makes sense of things used past experiences determines size texture…

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Prefrontal cortex

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Intellect , cognition reasoning consciousness

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Posterior association area

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Recognizing patterns and faces understanding written and spoken language part of limbic system

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Left hemisphere

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Controls language math and logic

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Right hemi

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Insight visual-spatial skills intuition and artistic

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White matter

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Neuron axons (myelinated fibers)

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Gray matter

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Neuron cell bodies and dendrites

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Thalamus

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Gateway to cerebral cortex sorts edits and relays info

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Hypothalamus

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Autonomic control center emotional response regulate homeostasis and release of hormones

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Epithalamus

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Pineal gland

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Brain stem

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Controls automatic behavior necessary for survival

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Midbrain

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Conduction pathway between higher and lower brain centers

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Pons

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Control respiratory rate and depth

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Medulla oblongata

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Control heart rate blood vessel diameter respiratory rate vomiting etc…AUTONOMIC REFLEX CENTER

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