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The nervous system can be split into two nervous systems

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Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

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What is the CNS composed of

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Brain and spinal cord

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What is the PNS composed of

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Nerves ( cranial and spinal) and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord

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3 sections of the brain

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Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain

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What is the forebrain made up of

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Cerebral hemisphere

Diencephalon

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What is the hindbrain made up of

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Pons
Medulla
Cerebellum

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What does the brainstem consist of

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Midbrain
Pons
Medulla

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What does the frontal lobe do

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Regulate and initiate motor function , language, cognitive functions ( executive function (e.g. planning), attention , memory)

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Parietal lobes function

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Sensation ( touch , pain) , sensory aspects of language, spatial orientation and self perception

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Temporal lobe

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Processing auditory information

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Occipital lobe

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Processing visual information

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What does the limbic lobe consist of

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Amygdala, hippocampus , mammillary body and cingulate gyrus

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What does the limbic system do

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Concerned with learning, memory , emotion , motivation and reward

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Where is insular cortex located

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Deep within the lateral fissure

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What does the insular cortex do

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Concerned with visceral sensations, autonomic control, and interception , auditory processing , visual vestibular integration ( balance between the sensation from our eyes and the sensation of our balance)

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The three layers of the meninges

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Dura
Arachnoid
Pia

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Arachnoid matter

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Thin , translucent, mesh like( 2 cell thick)

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Arachnoid matter

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Thin , transparent , fibrous membrane

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Dura

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Thick composed of 2 layers
Periosteum - layer of periosteum
Meningeal- durable, dense fibrous membrane

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How is a Dural venous sinus formed

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At various points in the brain , the meningeal layer peels away from the periosteal layer to form the Dural venous sinus

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Where is CSF formed

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In the choroid plexus of lateral, 3rd and 4th ventricles

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Where is CSF situated

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Occupies ventricular system and the sub arachnoid space

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Where is CSF reabsorbed

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Reabsorbed via arachnoid villi ( granulation) into superior saggital sinus

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Difference between CSF and Plasma

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Lower pH, less glucose, protein and potassium than plasma

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What is a mixed spinal nerve
Point at which ventral and dorsal rootlets have combined and so the motor and sensory nerves are in the same nerve
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Dorsal root ganglion
Contain cell bodies of primary sensory neurons they have endings in skin and joints
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White matter
Filled with axons travelling superiorly and inferiorly
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Dorsal
Sensory fibres
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Ventral
Motor fibres
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Are motor fibres towards anterior or posterior side
Anterior as the motor root is in the ventral horn
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Spinal cord
Composed of segments – each gives rise to a pair of mixed spinal nerves
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Different regions of the spinal-cord
``` Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Coccygeal ```
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How many nerves in the cervical region
Eight
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How many nerves in the thoracic region
12
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How many nerves in the lumbar region
Five
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How many nerves in the sacral region
5
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How many nerves in the coccygeal region
1
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Where do nerves emerge through
Intervertebral foramina
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Nerves C1-C7 emerge
Above vertebrae
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Nerves C8-CO2 emerge
Below vertebrae
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Where are the two places in the spinal-cord where there are enlargements
Cervical enlargement | Lumbar enlargement
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Why is there a cervical enlargement
To allow for the innervation of the upper limbs
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Why is there an enlargement of the lumbar region
To allow for the innervation of the lower limbs
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Major descending pathway
Major pathway for voluntary movement is the corticospinal tract
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Corticospinal tract and motor neurones
The corticospinal tract is composed of upper motor neurons in the primary motor cortex and lower motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord
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What do the lower motor neurons in the brain stem supply
Muscles of the head and neck
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What do you motor neurons in the spinal-cord supply
They innervate the rest of the body and limbs
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What is the difference between upper and lower motor neurones
The nerves that send messages between the cerebral cortex and the spinal-cord are called upper motor neurones and those that relay messages from the spine to the muscles are called lower motor neurons
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What are the two major ascending pathways
Dorsal column pathway | Spinothalamic tract
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Dorsal column pathway
Fine touch vibration and proprioception ( position) from the skin and joints, pressure
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Spinothalamic tract
Pain temperature (and crude touch) from the skin
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Which Part of the spinal-cord does the dorsal column pathway occupy
Posterior aspect
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Where is the primary motor cortex located
Precentral gyrus
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How many neurons are involved in the corticospinal tract
2( upper motor neurone and lower motor neurone )
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Where does desuccation occur in the corticospinal tract
85% of fibres decussate in the medulla
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Implications of the decussation of the corticospinal tract
As it Decussates in the medulla (1st neuron Decussates) the damage to the spine is ipsilateral to the symptoms experienced
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Corticobulbar tract
Conducts impulses from the brain to the cranial nerves these nerves control the muscles of the face and neck and are involved in facial expression mastication swallowing and other motor functions
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Difference between pyramidal and extra pyramidal tracts
Pyramidal tracts for example corticospinal and corticobulbar tract control voluntary control of the musculature of the body and face Extra pyramidal tracts are responsible for the in voluntary and automatic control of all musculature such as muscle tone balance posture and locomotion
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Examples of extra pyramidal tracts
Vestibulospinal Tectospinal Reticulospinal Rubrospinal
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Vestibulospinal tract
Provides information about head movement and position and mediates postural adjustments
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Tectospinal tract
Orientation of the head and neck during Eye movements
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Reticulospinal tract
Control of breathing and emotional motor function
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Rubrospinal tract
Innovates lower motor neurons of the upper limb but this has been largely taken over by the corticospinal tract in humans and only becomes active in humans after injury to the corticospinal tract or lesions in the corticospinal tract
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Where is the primary somatosensory cortex located
Post central gyrus
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What are the two principal ascending pathways
Dorsal column pathway and the spinothalamic pathway
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Dorsal column pathway
Fibres enter via the dorsal horn and enter the ascending dorsal column pathway Information conveyed from the lower limbs and body ( below T6) travel ipsilaterally along the gracile tract Information Conveyed from upper limbs and body and therefore above T6 travel ipsilaterally along the cuneate tract
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How many neurons are involved in the dorsal column pathway
3
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Where do the tracts of the dorsal column pathway synapse
First synapse of the gracile tract is in the gracile nucleus of the medulla First synapse of the cuneate tract is in the cuneate nucleus in the medulla
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What happens in the dorsal column pathway after the first synapse has occurred in the medulla
Second order axons or neurons decussate in the caudal medulla they then form the contralateral medial Lemniscus tract which then synapses in the thalamus
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What are happens after decussation has happened in the dorsal column pathway
Third order neurons from the thalamus project to the somatosensory cortex the size of the somatotopic areas is proportional to the density of sensory receptors in that body region ( somatosensory homunculus )
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Lateral spinothalamic tract
Pain and temperature
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Anterior spinothalamic tract
Crude touch
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What do the first order neurons do after entering spinal cord in the spinothalamic tract
Primary afferents axons terminate upon entering the spinal-cord . seconds order neurons decussate immediately in the spinal cord and form the spinothalamic tract. So contralateral flow
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What happens to the second order neurone in the spinothalamic tract
Terminate in the thalamus
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What happened to the third order neurons in the spinothalamic tract which come from the thalamus
Project to the somatosensory cortex

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