Chap. 14 Brain And Nerves Flashcards
(13 cards)
1
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What is Gray Matter?
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Is the seat of the nerve cell bodies, dendrites and synapses.
Forms the cortex
Surrounds brain and deep as nuclei in white matter
2
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What is white matter?
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Made up of bundles of axons
Makes up tracts
3
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Meninges
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Are layers that Protects the brain and provide structural framework
4
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What are the 3 layers of the Meninges?
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Dura mater, Arachnoid mater, Pia mater
5
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What is the Dura Mater and its layers?
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A thick protect layer of the brain
Periosteal layer
Meningeal layer
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Arachnoid mater?
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Is the second layer of the mengies and also includes the subarachnoid space
7
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Pia Mater?
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The 3rd and thinnest layer of the mengies
8
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Frontal lobe?
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9
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Parietal Lobe?
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10
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Occipital lobe?
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11
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Temporal lobe?
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12
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CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) function?
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