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1
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Ganglia

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Collection of soma outside the CNS

2
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Nuclei

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Soma inside the CNS

3
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Location of Gray Matter in Spinal Cord

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Horns and grey commisure

4
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Other names for white matter

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  • Fasciculus
  • Funiculus
  • Lemniscus
  • Peduncle
  • Tract
5
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White Matter: Association Fibers

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Connect cortical areas within one hemipshere

6
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White Matter: Commissural Tracts

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  • Connect cortical areas within R/L hemispheres
  • Ex. Corpus Callosum
7
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White Matter: Projection Fibers

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  • Connect cortical areas within other body region
  • Ex. Internal Capsule
8
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Sulcus

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Indentation

9
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Gyrus

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Ridge of cortical tissue

10
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Fissure

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Deep sulcus (groove)

11
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Another name for Cerebrum

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Telencephalon

12
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Components of Diencephalon

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  • Thalamus
  • Hypothalamus
  • Subthalamus
13
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Components of Brainstem

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  • Midbrain (Mesencephalon)
  • Pons (Metencephalon)
  • Medulla Oblongata (Myelencephalon)
14
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Longitudinal Fissure

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Divides cerebrum into R and L cerebral hemispheres

15
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What structure can be seen if you “pull down the temporal lobe”?

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Insula

16
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Functions of Frontal Lobe

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  • Personality
  • Decision making
  • Motor
  • Speech
17
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Anterior Paracentral / Precentral Gyrus

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  • Plan and initiate voluntary movements
  • Form corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts