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What bones are connected at the coronal sutures?

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Frontal and parietal

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What bones are connected at the lambdoidal sutures?

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Occipital and parietal

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What bones are connected at the sagittal sutures?

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between the parietal bones

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What bones are connected at the squamous sutures?

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Temporal and parietal

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Is the mandible part of the lower jaw or the upper jaw?

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Lower jaw

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Is the maxillae part of the lower jaw or the upper jaw?

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Upper jaw

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Where are the palatine bones located?

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On the roof of your mouth/ part of the hard palate

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Where is the hyoid bone?

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It is the U shaped bone that is inferior to the mandible

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What are the articulating bones of the temporomandibular joint?

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Temporal bone, and the mandible

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What is the function of the corpus callosum?

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To connect the left and right hemispheres of the brain

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What are the functions of the thalamus?

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To process sensory information and direct it to the proper part of the cerebrum

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What are the functions of the hypothalamus?

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It is the hormone and autonomic control center of the brain

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What is the function of the epithalamus?

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It contains the pineal gland (secretes hormones from the hypothalamus)

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What is the function of the superior colliculus?

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To process visual reflexes

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What is the function of the inferior colliculus?

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To process auditory reflexes

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What are the functions of the pons?

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It acts as the relay center between the forebrain and cerebellum; it also regulates sleep

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What are the functions of the cerebellum?

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Motor learning, balance, equilibrium

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What is the function of the arbor vitae?

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It is a visual description of how grey and white matter are organized in the cerebellum

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What are the functions of the medulla oblongata?

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It has several autonomic nervous system functions including:
- respiration
- cardiac function
- vasodilation (widening of blood vessels)
- vomiting
-swallowing

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What is the function of the pituitary gland?

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To secrete hormones that affect functions of the entire body

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What is the function of the ventricles?

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They are spaces in the brain that contain and create cerebrospinal fluid

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What are the functions of the frontal lobe?

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Executive function, attention, primary motor cortex, and language

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What is the function of the prefrontal cortex?

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It is in the frontal lobe and it controls executive functions

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What are the functions of the parietal lobes?

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To integrate sensory information such as touch, pressure, taste, and pain

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What is the function of the temporal lobe?
The primary visual cortex that contains and processes visual information
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What are the functions of the temporal lobes?
To process sensory information for hearing and memory formation
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What does gyrus mean?
A single ridge of a cortex in the cerebrum
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What does gyri mean?
It is the term for multiple ridges in the cerebrum
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What is located in the precentral gyrus?
The primary motor cortex
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What is located in the postcentral gyrus?
The primary somatosensory cortex
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What does sulcus mean?
A singular depression of the cortex
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What does sulci mean?
Multiple depressions of the cerebral cortex
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Where is the longitudinal fissure located?
Between the left and right hemispheres
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Where is the central sulcus located?
Between the frontal and parietal lobes
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Where is the lateral sulcus located?
Between temporal, frontal, and parietal lobes
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Where is the parieto-occipital sulcus located?
Between the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes
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Where is the transverse fissure located?
Between the cerebrum and cerebellum
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What is the purpose for the cervical enlargement of the spinal cord?
For motor and sensory neurons to have space to go to/ from the upper extremities
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What is the purpose for the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord?
For motor and sensory neurons to have space to go to/ from the lower extremities
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What is the purpose of the cauda equina of the spinal cord?
The "horse tail" of the nerve roots going down from L1- L2
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What is the purpose of the conus medullaris on the spinal cord?
It is the tapered end of the spinal cord
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What is the purpose for the filum terminale on the spinal cord?
It is the thin string of connective tissue going from the tip of the conus medullaris to the coccyx
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What is in grey matter?
It is made up of cell bodies, along with unmyelinated axons, and dendrites
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What is located in the dorsal horn?
Sensory neurons coming from the body here
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What is located in the ventral horn?
The start of motor neurons going out to the rest of the body
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What does white matter contain?
Myelinated axons
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Where is the longitudinal fissure located?
It separates the left and right hemispheres
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Where is the central sulcus located?
It separates the frontal and parietal lobes
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Where is the lateral sulcus located?
It separates the frontal temporal and parietal lobes (aka the nike swoosh)
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Where is the Parieto-occipital sulcus located?
It separated the parietal lobes from the occipital lobes
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Where is the transverse fissure located?
It separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum
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What does the fornix do?
It helps form memories
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Where is the fornix located?
Under the corpus callosum
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What is the fornix made out of?
White matter
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What is the name for the ear canal?
External acoustic meatus
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What are sutures?
Fibrous joints that connect cranial bones
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What does the cribriform plate allow for?
The small holes allow for olfactory neurons to innervate the nasal cavity (allows for you to smell things from your nose)

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