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What are the three main divisions of the brain?

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Cerebrum
Brain Stem
Cerebellum

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In the grey brain matter, what are the two sections?

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Cortex (outer)

Deep grey matter/nuclei (inner)

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What does the Longitudinal fissure separate?

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The R & L cerebral hemispshere

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What does the transverse fissure separate?

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The Occipital lob and the cerebellum

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What are the five lobes of the brain?

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Frontal 
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
Insula
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What does the term gyrus mean?

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a ridge

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What does the term sulcus mean?

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a groove

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What are the four motor areas? What lobe are they found in?

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Precentral gyrus
Premotor cortex
Frontal eye field
Brocas Area
Frontal Lobe
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What is the limbic system known for?

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the emotional brain, also store memory

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What are the four areas of your limbic system?

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Fornix
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Cingulate

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What is the Cingulate gryrus?

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Shifts your thoughts

Gestures and emotions

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What is the fornix known for?

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White matter tract

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WHat is the hippocampus known for storing

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memory

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What is the amygdala known for?

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Assesses danger and fear response

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What coordinates movement directed by other brain movements and maintains your balance and posture?

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Cerebellum

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What is the arbor Vitae?

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The tree like pattern on the cerebellum

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What are the three structures of the Diencephalon?

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Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Epithalamus

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This is a part of the Diencephalon that is sensory relay station to cerebral cortex and sorts and edits information

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Thalamus

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The emotional response and autonomic control center?

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Hypothalamus

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This is the pineal gland that produces melatonin which helps with the sleep and wake cycle

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Epithalamus

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What are the three parts of the brainstem

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Midbrain
Pons
Medulla Oblongata

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This contains two different colliculli

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Midbrain

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The Superior colliculi in the midbrain is known for

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visual reflex

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The inferior colliculi in the midbrain is known for

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auditory reflex

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What is the place called where the white matter tracts cross between the L & R side
Pyramidal decussation
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What does the RAS stand for?
Reticular Activating System
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Whats the difference between the ventral and dorsal
front | back
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What is the lower end of the spinal cord called?
Conus Medullaris
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What is the part of the spinal cord that goes lower than the end of the spinal cord?
Cauda Equina
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What connects grey matter of different hemispheres?
commisures
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Which commissure of the brain is the largest?
Corpus Callosum
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These fibers connect gray matter of different parts of the same hemisphere
Association Fibers
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These fibers connect the cortex with the internal capsule
Projection Fibers
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This is the system known for emotions and memories
The Limbic System
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these are membranes that protect the brain and the spinal cord
Meninges
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This meninges clings to the spinal cord and its the inner most layer
pia mater
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What is conisdered the meminge that is the middle layer?
Archnoid mater
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Which meminge is the outer most layer?
Dura Mater
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What is the subarachnoid space?
Between the arachnoid and pia mater
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What is the subdural space?
potentional space between the dura and the arachnoid
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this space is on the outside and is known for way to inject anesthetics
epidural space
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The two C shaped ventricles are located in the
cerebral hemisphere
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The third ventricle is located in the
dicephalon
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The fourth ventricle is located dorsal to the
pons
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In the cerebral cortex, ____ areas are known for voluntary movements
Motor
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In the cerebral cortex, _____ areas are known for areas of concious awareness
Sensory
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____ areas are known for areas of interrogation
association
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How are the ventricles of the brain connected?
They are connected and and to the central canal of the spinal cord
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What do the ventricles of the brain contain?
Cerebrospinal fluid
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What are the two C shaped ventricles found in the cerebral hemisphere called?
Lateral ventricles
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Where is the third ventricle found?
Diencephalon
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Where is the fourth ventricle found?
dorsal to the pons
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What are the ventricles of the brain lined by?
Ependymal cells
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In the cerebral hemisphere, what does the central sulcus separate?
Frontal and Parietal lobe
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This is the site of concious awareness sensory perception and communication and memory storage
Cerebral Cortex
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This part of the cerebral cortex allows concious control of precise skilled voluntary movements
Primar Motor Cortex
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This part of the cerebral cortex controls learned, repetitous or patterned motor skills
Pre-motor cortex
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This part of the cerebral cortex is a motor speech area that directs the muscles of the tounge
Brocas area
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This part of the cerebral cortex controls voluntary eye movement
Frontal eye field
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This Cortex recieves information from the skin, muscles and joints and is capable of the region of the body being stimulated
Primary Somastosensory cortex
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What does lateralization of the cortical function mean?
Division of labor between different hemispheres
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Which hemisphere controls language, math, and logic
left
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Which hemisphere controls insight, intuition and artistic skills?
right
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This is responsible for communication
Cerebral white matter
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Basal nuclei is a subcorital nuclei and contains _____ _______
Corpus Striation
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Where is the Limbic system found?
Medial aspects of the cerebral coretex and the diacephalon
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The reticular system is found where
Diacephalon Cerebellum spinal cord
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What is the job of the reticular system?
Sends impulses to the cerebral cortex to keep it alert
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This type of memory is the temporary holding of information, limited to seven or eight pieces of information
STM
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This memory has limitless capacity
LTM
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What is subconcious information stored in the LTM
Automatic memory
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This is also known as factual knowledge, where explict information is kept and our language ability
Declarative memory
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This type of memory is less conscious or unconscious and aquired through experience and repetition
Non-declarative memory
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This helps maintain a stable enviorment for the brain and sperates the neurons from some bloodborne substances
Blood-brain barrier

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