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Lecture 2: Structure and function of the nervous system Flashcards

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anatomical terminology:

Dorsal
ventral
rostral
caudal

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Dorsal: the back
ventral: the belly
rostral: the beak
caudal: the tail

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Cross-sections of the brain:
coronal
sagittal
axial

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coronal: front to back
sagittal: left to right
axial: top to bottom

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The nervous system:

CNS

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brain (cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem)
spinal cord

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cluster of neurons in CNS

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Nuclues (nuclei)

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The nervous system:
PNS

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Nervous system that is not the brain and spine.

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cluster of neurons in PNS

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ganglion (ganglia)

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Function of PNS

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to connect the CNS to the limbs and organs

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PNS consists of 2 systems

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somatic motor system: voluntary muscles

autonomic motor system: involuntary muscles (reflexes) and organs. system is always active but can be in a sympathetic or parasympathetic state

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sympathetic state

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expending the energy (fight or flight)

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Parasympathetic state

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conserving energy (rest and digest)

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CNS:
Grey matter

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neurons can be found in the thin sheet of tissue on the outside of the brain, this is the grey matter

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CNS:
White matter

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neurons in distant brain areas are connected via axons with myelin sheets that form the white matter.

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CNS:
menignes

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The three protective layers of membranes that the CNS is covered in.
1. dura matter: thick membrane, closest to the scull
2. arachnoid matter: not attached to the dura matter does not line the brain down to the sulci.
3. pia matter: delicate membrane that firmly adheres to the surface of the brain. can get infected; mengingites)

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CNS:
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

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your brain floats in CNF; the area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia matter (subarchnoid space) is filled with CNF.

CNF is there to protect the brain. it reduces shock when hit on the head. and to clean it.

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CNS:
4 large Ventricles

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cavities in the brain filles with CSF
1. left and right lateral ventrical
2. third ventricle
3. fourth ventricle

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interventricular foramen

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a short passage extending from the lateral ventricle to the third ventricle

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cerebral aquaduct

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narrow 15mm conduit that allows for cerebrospinal fluid (CNF) to flow between third and fourth ventricle

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Bloodsupply:

irruptions of the blood supply to the brain can be caused by?

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obstruction of an artery
heamorrhage from the blood vessel

> causes damage to the brain (brain lesions)

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Two main sources of blood supply

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internal carotid arteries
vertebral arteries

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basilar artery

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left and right arteries merge at the level of the pons: basilar artery
basilar artery and internal cartotid meat at the circle of willis

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Spinal cord

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cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal

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sensory signals enter the spinal cord via?

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the dorsal horn (afferent signals)

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Afferent signals

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Towards the CNS

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sensory signals leave the spinal cord via?

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ventral horn (efferent signals)

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Efferent signals
away from the CNS
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Three parts of the brainstem:
medulla: oblongata pons +cerebellum midbrain
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Medulla
responsible for automatic (involuntary) functions such as heart rate, sneezing, blood pressure.
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corticospinal motor axons
axons coming from the cortex to the spinal cord. the motor neurons from left hemisphere cross here to contol muscles from the right side of the body
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Pons
pons: bridge. contains nuclei that connect the forebrain to the cerebellum. Nuclei that deal with sleep, swallowing, facial expressions and more (related to sleep paralysis)
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Cerebellum
Cerebellum: Little brain. mostly known for involvement in motor control and maintaining balance. also implicated in aspects of congitive processing (language, attention)
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Reticular formation
located througout the brainstem involved in arousal and attention. damage affects the state of consciousness (coma) home of the raphe nuclei (serotonin synthesis)
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Midbrain (mesenchepahlon) Dorsal part:
dorsal part: superior and inferior colliculi that are involved in reflections towards visual and auditory stimuli.
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midbrain (mesenchepahlon) Ventral part:
Ventral part: ventral tegment area and substantia nigra where dopamine is produced. periaqueductal grey: modulation of pain signals.
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Diencephalon consist of two areas
Thalamus and hypothalamus
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Thalamus
left and right thalamus is connected via the massa intermedia switch board of the brain; receives al input from sensory areas of the brain except for smell
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4 types of Nuclei in the Thalamus
Lateral geniculate nucleus: visual information medial geniculate nucleus: auditory information ventral posterior nuclei: somatosensory information pulvinar: attention and integrative functions.
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Hypothalamus
controls the functions necessary for homeostatis (normal state of the body) body temperature metabolic rate circadian rhythm produces hormones but also regulates hormone production in other areas for example in the Pituitary gland
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Thelecephalon (cerebrum)
Limbic system, basal ganglia, olfactory bulbs and cerebral cortex
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Limbic system
hippocampus: critical for memory, spatial processing amygdala: emotional processing
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basal ganglia
striatum: putamen + caudate nucleus globus pallidus nuclues accumbend regulating voluntary motor control, movement modulation, procedural learning, and various cognitive and emotional processes.
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olfactory bulbs
processing of olfactory information (smell)
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cerebral cortex
thin folded sheet of neurons and supporting cells.
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gyri & sulci
folding of the cerebral cortex creates convolutions (gyri) and concavities between the gyri (sulci)
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central suclus
dividing concavity between frontal and parietal lobe.
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4 devisions in cerebral cortex
frontal lobe parietal lobe occipital lobe temporal lobe
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Frontal lobe
motor cortex: in front of central sulcus primary motor cortex: generating movements premotor cortex: controlling movements supplemental motor cortex: planning movements.
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frontal lobe Prefrontal cortex
executive functions: planning, organizing, controlling and executing behavior. last to develop: evolutionary the youngest
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The parietal lobe
somatosensory cortex: primary somatosensory cortex (S1); receives an input from the thalamus. info about pain, touch, temperature, limb position. Secondary somatosensory cortex (S2); unimodal association area that further processes sensory information
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The temporal lobe
Auditory cortex
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The occipital lobe
Visual cortex
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Structural connectivity relates to functional connectivity. Wernicke's area & Broca's area
language processing, wernicke's area (related to interpreting an auditory code) is strongly connected to distant Broca's area (related to speech production) via a dense bundle of axons = Arcuate fasciculus.
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The size of the brain quadruples from birth to adulthood, How?
the size of the brain quadruples from birth to adulthood. because of synaptogenisis; the formation of synapses. and the growth of dendric trees, exention of axons and myelineation and proliferation of glial cells
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