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Anatomy Unit 3 > Cranium and Brain > Flashcards

Cranium and Brain Flashcards

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Bones of the cranium (6)

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temporal, parietal, occipital, frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid

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sutures of the cranium

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coronal, sagittal, squamous, lambdoid

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what makes up the pterion

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squamous suture, shenoparietal suture, frontoshepnoid suture

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injury to the pterion will result in what

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middle meningeal artery injury, epidural hematoma

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5
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what lobe of the brain is in the anterior cranial fossa

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frontal

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what lobe of the brain is in the middle cranial fossa

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temporal

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what lobe of the brain is in the posterior cranial fossa

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cerebellum

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components of the forebrain

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telencephalon (cerebrum, neurocortex, basal nuclei)
diencephalon

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components of the hindbrain

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pons, cerebellum, medulla oblongata

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frontal lobe functions

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somatomotor (M1), functional execution (L)

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parietal lobe functions

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somatosensory (S1), association/ integration (R)

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temporal lobe functions

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audition (A1) and memory

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occipital lobe functions

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vision (V1)

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Limbic lobe functions

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drive, emotion, and memory

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insula functions

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taste, smell, emotion

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precentral gyrus functions

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primary somatic motor coretx

17
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postcentral gyrus functions

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primary somatic sensory cortex

18
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where is the primary visual cortex

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calcarine sulcus, occipital lobe

19
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left hemisphere functions

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language center, function- executing

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right hemisphere functions

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spatial orientation, emotion, and prosody of language

21
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12 cranial nerves

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in order: olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal accessory, hypoglossal

22
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how many nerves come off of the different components of the brain stem

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midbrain-2
pons- 4
medulla oblongata- 3

23
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what is the function of the superior colliculus

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visual pathway
CN 3 (oculomotor)

24
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what is the function of the inferior colliculus

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auditory pathway
CN 4 (trochlear)- ONLY nerve that originates in the posterior side

25
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what cranial nerves come off of the pons

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mid-pons: CN 5
pontomedullary junction: med to lat
CN 6, CN 7, CN 8

26
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what cranial nerves come off of the medulla oblongata

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posterior to olive- CN 9, CN 10, CN11
between pyramid and olive- CN 12

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