Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Considered the first neuroscientists

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Cushing and Penfield

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What work did cushing and penfield do?

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looked at patients with epilepsy

cut holes in skull to look at how the brain works

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some of the first documents showing humans examined the brain was found were

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egypt

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first person to recognize there was some medical use for the brain

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hippocrates

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some of his work is still referenced in modern medicine today
utilized ligature to demonstrate that cranial and peripheral nerves control muscles

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galen of pergamon

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what did galen do?

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cut the nerves of the larynx to show it would make a pig stop squealing
believed that emotion and consciousness were found in the heart not the brain

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7
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became famous for his human anatomy drawings

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leonardo da vinci

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8
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stumbled upon the theory of bioelectricity

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luigi galvani

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came up with a simple idea that the brain was acting as a battery distributing electricity to certain parts of the body

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sir richard caton

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what did scientists thing about the brain originally

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that it was one giant cell with a billion different nuclei

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11
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came up with the silver nitrate stain that revolutionized the neuroscience field

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camillo golgi

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a physician who believed structures on the skull showed how a person was going to behave, also known as phrenology

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franz gall

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13
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took mice and destroyed parts of the brain to see what would happen to rates movement and behavior

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jeanne pierre fluorens

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used patients leborgne and lelong to show certain areas of the brain are connected with speech and understanding speech

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brocca and wernicke

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region destroyed caused person to understand language but not be able to speak

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broccas

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16
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region destroyed caused person to speak but unable to understand what another person was saying

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wernicke

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17
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showed that different parts of the brain look different at the cellular level

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brodman

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18
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who developed the frontal lobotomy

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john fulton

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19
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spontaneous speech

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aphasia

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20
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prosody

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musical qualities

21
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incorrect words are substituted for correct

22
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unintended word is used

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smell nerve

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olfactory nerve

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visual nerve

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pupillary dilation and constriction
oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens
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unequal pupils
anisocoria
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limitation of gaze in either or one or both directions
extraocular eye movement
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carry sensation from face, anterior scalp, eye, and nasal and oral cavities innervate jaw muscles
tigeminal nerve
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innervates face muscles and control wrinkle, closing of eyes and lips, control ability to show teeth
facial nerve
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auditory function, test for vertigo
vestibulocochlear nerve
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swallow reflex, laryngeal strength, control of palate
glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves
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innervates tongue muscles
hypoglossal
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to generate a hole in the skull through the use of an auger
trepanation
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book of optics
ibn al haytham
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was one of the first to believe that the brain and the nervous system were the center of the mind and emotion as opposed to the heart
andreas vesalius
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afferent and efferent conditions
spinal cord
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autonomic functions including control digestion/breathing/heart rate
medulla oblongata
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mediator of movement information between cerebral hemispheres to cerebellum
pons
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controls eye movement, visual and auditory reflexes
midbrain
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relays information to the cortex
thalamus
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regulates autonomic, endocrine, and visceral functions
hypothalamus
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contains the thalamus and hypothalamus
diencephalon
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contains the cerebral cortex where cognitive abilities persist
cerebrum
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part of the cerebrum responsible for learning and memory
hippocampus
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short term planning of movement and short term memory and social reciprocity
frontal lobe
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somatic sensation understanding "oneself" within extrapersonal space
parietal lobe
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vision
occipital lobe
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hearing and through the hippocampus learning and memory
temporal lobe