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1
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What constitutes the forebrain?

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Cerebral cortex (frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, limbic structures, and occipital lobe), basal ganglia, and thalamus

2
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What are the general functions of the brainstem (midbrain, pons, medulla)?

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Homeostasis, life sustaining functions, cranial nerve nuclei (III-XII). The more caudal parts are most essential for life, the more rostral parts are higher level functions.

3
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What are the general functions of the cerebellum?

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Coordination of movements that use more than one joint.

*Damage leads to ataxia

4
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What are the general functions of the spinal cord?

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Ventral and dorsal nerve roots, ascending and descending pathways, proprioception, spinal reflexes, sympathetic nervous system.

5
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Define consciousness

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Being awake and aware.

6
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Study differences between unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (vegetative state), locked-in syndrome, minimally conscious state, and coma.

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OK

7
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Which lobe is the motor control center and controls executive function?

A

Frontal lobe

8
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Which lobe is responsible for somatosensory processing?

A

Parietal lobe

9
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Which lobe is responsible for auditory processing and new memory formation?

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Temporal lobe

10
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What is responsible for emotional processing, learning, and memory?

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Limbic structures

11
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Which lobe is responsible for visual processing?

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Occipital lobe

12
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What does the basal ganglia do?

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  • Coordinates choice of mutually exclusive skeletal muscle actions
  • Operational learning via linkage to limbic system
  • Dysfunction leads to movement disorders
13
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What is the thalamus responsible for?

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Interpreting/modulating sensory input to cortex. Lots of sensory neurons synapse here.

14
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What is the function of the midbrain?

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Vertical eye movements, pupil control, posture and locomotion, non-rapid eye movement, level of arousal

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What is the function of the pons?

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Conjugate horizontal eye movements, posture, rapid eye movements, facial expressions.

16
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What is the function of the medulla?

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Blood pressure, breathing, GI motility, ingestion, equilibrium.