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Chapter 4: The CNS Flashcards

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What are the 3 types of neurons?

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1) afferent (af) (advancing to)
- starts in the PNS end in the CNS
2) interneurons
- memory
- Learning
- motivation
- in the CNS
3) Efferent neurons (ef) (exit)
- starts in the CNS ends in the PNS

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What are the 2 types of PNS glial cells?

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1) satellite
2) Schwann cell

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What are the 4 types of CNS glial cells?

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1) Oligodendrocyte
2) Astrocyte
3) microglia
4) Empendymal

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What is the function of Empedymal glial cells?

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1) line ventricle/cavities
2) produce cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
3) act as stem cells
4) a barrier

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What is the function of satellite glial cells?

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  • form capsule around the cell body
    • called a ganglia
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What is the function of the Schwann glial cells?

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Form myelin

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What is the function of the oligodendrocytes?

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Form myelin

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What is the functions of the astrocyte glial cells?

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  • secrete paracrine signals
    • form tight junctions called the blood brain barrier
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What is the functions of the microglia cells?

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  • stationary cells
  • scavenges through immune cells
  • bad thing: overzealous can cause diseases
    • dementia
    • HIV
    • Parkinson’s
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What is glialblastoma?

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• cancer of the glial cells
- fought through engineered polio virus using receptor mediated endocytosis

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What are the 4 brain supports?

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1) Skull/Cranium
2) meninges
3) Cerebral Spinal Fluid
4) Blood Brain Barrier

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Describe the Cerebral Spinal Fluid

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  • salty solution (high Na+)
  • replenish 3x a day about 125-150mls
  • shock absorber/padding
  • buoyancy -> 30% reduced weight
  • epidimal in 3rd and 4th ventricles (choroid plexus)
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What are the 9 characteristics of the Cerebrum?

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  1. Two hemispheres
  2. Grey and white matter
  3. 4 areas
  4. Corpus collosum
  5. Gyrus and sulcus
  6. Dominant sides
  7. Association Areas
  8. Homunculus
  9. Language
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Describe the blood brain barrier

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  • selective permeability
  • absent from hypothalamus and vomiting centre of the medulla oblongata
  • loss of dopamine secreting neurons = PD -> treated through leva-dopa which can cross bbb
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Describe the Meninges

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  • 3 layers
    1. Dura matter: veins
    2. Arachnoid matter: cobweb like structure
    3. Pia matter: in arteries to supply blood to the brain
  • meningitis = infected/ inflamed meninges
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What is the function of the sulcus and gyrus?

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To increase brain surface area

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What is the corpus collosum?

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Relay centre and the centre of the brain

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What are the four areas of the cerebrum?

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1) temporal
2) parietal
3) frontal
4) occipital

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What is the function of the temporal part of the brain?

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Sound

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What is the function of the occipital part of the brain?

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Sight/visual

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What is the function of the parietal part of the brain?

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Receives/processes sensation (sensory region)

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What is the function of the frontal part of the brain?

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  • motor cortex
  • speech
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What are the 6 association areas?

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  1. Prefrontal
  2. Parietal-temporal-occipital
  3. Limbic
  4. Supplementary motor area
  5. pre motor
  6. Posterior parietal
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What is the function of the prefrontal association area?

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  • “brainstorm”
    • plan
    • personality
    • decisions
    • creating
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What is the function of the limbic association area
- motivation - memory - Emotion
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What is the function of the parietal-temporal-occipital association area?
Complete picture of the body’s external environment
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What is the function of Wernicke’s area?
- understand/comprehend language - failing: receptor aphasia can’t understand/comprehend language
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What is the function of Broca’s area?
- form words - failing: expressive aphasia can form words • produce not normal syntax
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Describe the basal nuclei loop
Motor cortex <—-> thalamus <—-> basal nuclei
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What are the functions of the basal Nulei?
1) muscle tone 2) selects 3) inhibits
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What are some diseases that result from the failing of the Basal Nuclei?
- Parkinson’s disease - Huntington’s disease - Tourette’s - OCD
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Describe Huntington’s disease in relation to the Basal Nuclei
- genetic - loss of coordination - wheelchair bound - dementia - decline in muscle activity - chorea (dance) movements
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Describe Parkinson’s disease in relation to the Basal Nuclei
- tremors - altered gate - difficulty initiating movement due to muscle rigidity - reptilian stare (don’t blink) - stoop
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What are the three functions of the Thalamus?
1) relay station 2) crude bodily awareness 3) awareness of stimuli of special interest - baby crying -> parent knows
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What are the three functions of the hypothalamus
Preservation: 1. Fight or flight 2. Temperature control 3. Satiety
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What are the four parts of the limbic system?
1. Cingulate gyrus 2. Fornix 3. Hippocampus 4. Amygdala
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Describe the Cingulate Gyrus
- emotions with gestures
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Describe the fornix
- unsure of function - possibly aids in memory recall
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Describe the Hippocampus
- site of new neurons - memory consolidation (storage) - declarative memories -> episodic -Lost in Alzheimer’s
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Describe the amygdala
- 22 distinct regions - fear (fight and flight) (prefrontal cortex)
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What are the three parts of the brain stem?
1 midbrain 2 medulla oblongata 3 pons
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Describe the midbrain
- auditory reflexes - visual movements
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Describe the Pons
- “bridge” between upper and lower - breathing
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Describe the medulla oblongata
- Blood pressure - breathing - swallowing - vomiting centre
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What is the Reticular Activating System?
RAS aids with: - breathing - blood pressure - pain - stretch
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What are the 3 cerebellum types?
1) Spino cerebellum 2) cerebro cerebellum 3) vestibulo cerebellum
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Describe the spino cerebellum
- skilled/precise/voluntary activity • through muscle tone - “middle manager” • higher cortex <- performance of muscles
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Describe the cerebro cerebellum
- procedural memory •caused by repeated movements
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Describe the vestibulo cerebellum
- eye - inner ear • balance
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What are the two types of reflexes?
1) simple / innate 2) acquired
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What are some examples of simple / innate reflexes?
1) babinskis (24 months) 2) Moro 3) sucking 4) Landeu
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What is an example of acquired reflexes?
- toilet training

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