Chapter 14 Bio 1191 Flashcards
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3 to 4 week embryo three primary brain vesicles are
Prosencephalon , mesencephalon, rhombencephalon
Prosencephalon, mesencephalon, rhombencephalon is also words for
Forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain
Five week embryo, five secondary vesicles
Telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon
The 5 secondary brain vesicles are also called
T - cerebrum , Dien - thalamus/hypothalamus/epithalamus, mesencephalon - midbrain, metencephalon - pons and cerebellum, myelencephalon - medulla oblongata
Cranial dura mater is composed of … layers, external …. And internal ……
2 , periosteal and meningeal
What is BBB
Isolate the parenchyma of the brain from substances in the blood
The ventricles of the brain contain…
CSF
What makes CSF in brain
Choroid plexuses
Buildup of pressure of CSF is called ….
Hydrocephalus
Medulla oblongata is continuous with the …. Aspect of the spinal cord and contains … motor and sensory tracts
Superior , both
What helps regulate muscle tone and alerts the cortex to incoming sensory signals from eyes and ears. And maintaining consciousness and awakening from sleep
Reticular formation
Medulla oblongata has which nerves
Vestibulocochlear (VIII), glossopharyngeal (IX), vagus (X), accessory (XI), hypoglossal (XII)
Pons contain which nerves
Trigeminal (V) , abducens (VI), facial (VII), vestibulocochlear (VIII)
Midbrain nerves
Oculomoter (III), trochlear (IV)
Cerebellum function
Coordination fo skeletal muscle contraction, fine tune of normal muscle tone, posture , balance
Thalamus serves as relay station for all …. To the. ….
Sensory impulses (except smell) to the cerebral cortex
Epithalamus
Contain pineal gland for melatonin and habenular nuclei for olfaction
What parts of diencephalon can monitor chemical changes in blood because of lack of …
Circumventricular organs and BBB
CVOs include?
Hypothalamus, pineal gland, pituitary gland
Cerebral cortex is composed of …
Gray matter
Deep to cortex is …. Composed of tracts of neurons
White matter
Bundle of white matter tracts called
Corpus callosum
Paired masses of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere
Basal nuclei or corpus striatum