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Neuroplasticity

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The nervous system’s potential for physical or chemical change that enhances it’s adaptability to environmental change and it;s ability to compensate for injury.

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Phenotypic Plasticity

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An individual’s capacity to develop into more than one phenotype.

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Somatic Nervous System

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Part of the peripheral nervous system that includes all the spinal and cranial nerves carrying sensory information to the CNS and also transmits outgoing motor instructions.

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Balances the body’s internal organs to rest and digest (parasympathetic nerves) or fight and flight (sympathetic nerves).

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Afferent

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Sensory information coming into CNS

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Efferent

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Information leaving the CNS

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Meninges

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Three layers of protective tissue that encase the spinal cord and the brain. These three layers are the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater.

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Dura Mater

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“Hard Mother”

Fibrous tissue that encloses the brain and spinal cord.

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Arachnoid

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“Spiders web”

Very thin sheet of tissue that follows the contours of the brain.

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Pia Mater

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“Soft Mother”

Tough membrane that clings to brain’s surface.

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Anterior

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Located at the front of the animal or from of the head

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Caudal

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Located near or towards the back/tail of the animal

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Coronal

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Cut vertically from the crown of the head down

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Dorsal

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Located above/towards the sky.

A viewing orientation from above.

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Frontal

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On the front

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Inferior

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Located below

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Lateral

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Towards the side

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Medial

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Towards the middle.

In reference to brain sections it’s a side view of the brain.

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Posterior

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Located near the tail of the animal.

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Rostral

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Towards the beak

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Sagittal

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Cut lengthways from front to back of the skull dividing the brain into symmetrical halves.

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Superior

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Located above.

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Ventral

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Below. Pointing to the ground or belly of an animal.

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Cerebrospinal Fluid

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Clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts.

Fills ventricles inside the brain and circulates around the brain and spinal cord.

Beneath the arachnoid later.

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Cerebral Cortex
Thin heavily folded film of nerve tissue composed of neurons that is the outer layer of the forebrain. Also called the neocortex.
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Temporal Lobe
Responsible for hearing, language, and musical abilities. Located on the side of the brain.
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Frontal Lobe
Executive functions; decision making. Located at the front of the brain.
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Parietal Lobe
Directs movements towards a goal or to perform a task. Located on the top of the brain behind the frontal lobe.
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Occipital Lobe
Where visual processing begins. Located at the back of the brain.
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Gyri
Small protrusions or bumps formed by folding the cerebral cortex.
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Sulci
A groove in brain matter usually a groove found in the neocortex or the cerebellum
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Grey Matter
Areas of the nervous system composed predominantly of cell bodies capillary blood vessels. Collect and modify information or to support this activity.
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White Matter
Fat sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
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Ventricle
One of four cavities in the brain that contains cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain. May help maintain brain metabolism.
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Corpus Callosum
Band of white matter that connects the two cerebral hemispheres. Providing a route for direct communication between them.
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Glial Cells
Aide and modulate neurons activities.
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Brainstem
Central structure of the brain. Responsible for most unconscious behaviour.
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What are the three divided regions of the brainstem?
Hindbrain, midbrain, diencephalon
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Hindbrain
Controls most voluntary and involuntary movements. Contains pons, medulla, reticular formation, and, cerebellum.
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Reticular Formation
Associated with sleep wake behaviour and behavioural arousal.
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What are the four primary functions of cerebrospinal fluid?
Buoyancy, protections, chemical stability, prevention of ischemia.
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Coup
Damage on the brain at the site of impact.
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Countercoup
Damage on the brain at the opposite site of impact.
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What are the two major classes of stroke?
Ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke.
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What makes up the six layers of the neocortex?
Information integration - Layers 1-3 Sensory input - Layer 4 Output information - Layer 5-6
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Medulla
Regulates breathing and cardiovascular system.
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Pons
Receives input from cerebellum and transmits it to the rest of the body.
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Midbrain
Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing, seeing, and orienting movements.
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Tectum
Roof (area above ventricle) of the midbrain. Visual and auditory processing and orienting movement.
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Tegmentum
Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain. Movement and pain perception.
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Superior Colliculus
Receives input from the optic nerve.
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Inferior Colliculus
Receives input from auditory pathways
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Substancia Nigra
Initiating movements
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Diencephalon
Integrates sensory and motor information on it's way to the cerebral cortex Composed of the thalamus and hypothalamus
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Hypothalamus
Associated with eating, drinking, temperature regulation and sexual behaviour.
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Thalamus
Information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into appropriate region of the neocortex.
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Forebrain
Advanced cognitive functions such as thinking, planning, and language. Contains limbic system, basal ganglia and the neocortex.
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Neocortex
Outer layer of the forebrain Composed of six layers of grey matter Unique to mammals Creates our "reality"
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Basal Ganglia
Controls voluntary movement In the forebrain connected to the thalamus and the midbrain.
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Limbic System
Regulates emotions and behaviours that create and require memory
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What are the three principal structures of the basal ganglia?
Caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus
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What are the principal limbic structures?
Amygdala, hippocampus, and limbic (cingulate) cortex
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Law of Bell and Magendie
The general principal that sensory fibres are located dorsally and motor fibres are located ventrally. Enables neurologists to infer where spinal cord damage has happened.
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Sympathetic System
Part of the autonomic nervous system that mediates involuntary fight or flight responses.
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Parasympathetic System
Part of the autonomic nervous system that acts in opposition to the sympathetic system. "Rest and digest"

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