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Central Nervous System (CNS) Flashcards

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Forebrain (prosencephalon) what regions

A

Telencephalon

Diencephalon

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What is in the telencephalon?

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Cerebrum
Hippocampus
Basal ganglia
Amygdala

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What is in the diencephalon?

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Thalaums
Hypothalamus
Subthalamus
Epithalamus

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What regions are in the midbrain (mesencephalon)

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Tectum

Tegmentum

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What is in the tectum?

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Superior and inferior colliculi

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What is in the tegmentum?

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Cerebral aqueduct
Periaqueductal gray
Reticular formation
Substantia nigra
Red nuceli
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What is in the hindbrain (rhombencephalon)?

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Metencephalon and myelencephalon

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What is in the metencephalon?

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Cerebellum

Pons

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What is in the myelencephalon?

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Medulla oblangata

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10
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What is in the brainstem?

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Midbrain
Pons
Medulla oblangata
(Incorporates the midbrain and specific parts of hindbrain)

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What is in the spinal cord?

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Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal levels
Afferent and efferent tracts
Inner core of gray matter and superficial white matter

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In CNS, main centers of what occur?

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Integration and coordination of nervous system information occur

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What is the CNS “covered in” and “suspended in”

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Covered in a system of meninges and suspended in CSF for protection. Surrounded by skull and vertebral column for protection (bone)

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14
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What does gray matter consist of?

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Unmyelinated neurons

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What does gray matter contain?

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Capillaries
Glial cells
Cell bodies
Dendrites

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What does white matter consist of?

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Myelinated axons

17
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What does white matter contain?

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Nerve fibers without dendrites

18
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White matter of the SC are divided into how many and what faniculli?

A

3 faniculli: anterior, lateral, dorsal columns

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