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Module 2 Flashcards

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It is the field of study linking the brain and other aspects of the nervous system to cognitive processing and, ultimately, to behavior.

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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It is the central processing unit in everything that we do.

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Brain

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It refers to the specific areas of the brain that control specific skills or behaviors.

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Localization of Function

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It is the basis for our ability to perceive, adapt to, and interact with the world around us.

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Nervous System

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It is used to receive, process, and then respond to information from the environment.

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Nervous System

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It is generally the farthest forward, toward what becomes the face. It is the region of the brain located toward the top and front of the brain.

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Forebrain

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It is the outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres. It is part of forebrain where it is the vital role in our thinking and other mental processes.

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Cerebral Cortex

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It is part of forebrain where it is involved in receiving and processing sensory information, thinking, other cognitive processing, and planning and sending motor information

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Cerebral Cortex

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It is part of forebrain where it is responsible primarily for motor control, as well as other roles such as motor learning, executive functions and behaviors, and emotions.

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Basal Ganglia

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It is part of forebrain where it is allows us to suppress instinctive responses like for example when the impulse to strike someone who accidentally causes us pain.

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Limbic System

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It is part of forebrain where it is helps us to adapt our behaviors flexibly in response to our changing environment.

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Limbic System

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It is part of Limbic System where it is is involved in anger and fear.

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Septum

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It is part of Limbic System where it is plays an important role in emotion as well, especially in anger and aggression. It is commonly results in fear such as through palpitations, fearful hallucinations, or frightening flashbacks in memory.

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Amygdala

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It names from the Greek word for “seahorse.” It is part of Limbic System where it is plays an essential role in memory formation.

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Hippocampus

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It is part of Limbic System where it is essential for flexible learning and for seeing the relations among items learned as well as for spatial memory. It appears to keep track of where things are and how these things are spatially related to each other.

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Hippocampus

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It is part of forebrain where it relays incoming sensory information through groups of neurons that project to the appropriate region in the cortex.

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Thalamus

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It is part of forebrain where it is the relay station for sensory information coming into the brain.

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Thalamus

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It is part of forebrain where it controls the endocrine system. It controls the autonomic nervous system, such as internal temperature regulation, appetite and thirst regulation, and other key functions.

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Hypothalamus

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It is part of forebrain where it regulates behavior related to species survival such as fighting, feeding, fleeing, and mating. It is active in regulating emotions and reactions to stress.

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Hypothalamus

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It helps to control eye movement and coordination.

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Midbrain

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It is part of midbrain where it involved in vision.

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Superior Colliculi

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It is part of midbrain where it involved in hearing.

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Inferior Colliculi

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It is part of midbrain where it is important in controlling consciousness such as sleep arousal, attention, cardiorespiratory

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Reticular Activating System

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It is part of midbrain where it is important in controlling movement.

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Gray Matter, Red Nucleus, Substantial Nigra, Ventral Region

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It is generally farthest from the forebrain, near the back of the neck.

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Hindbrain

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It is part of hindbrain where it controls heart activity and largely controls breathing, swallowing, and digestion.

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Medulla Oblongata

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It is part of hindbrain where it is the place at which nerves from the right side of the body cross over to the left side of the brain and nerves from the left side of the body cross over to the right side of the brain.

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Medulla Oblongata

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It names derived from the Latin word for “bridge.” It is part of hindbrain where it serves as a kind of relay station because it contains neural fibers that pass signals from one part of the brain to another.

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Pons

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It is part of hindbrain where it involved in consciousness such as sleep and arousal. It acts as bridges neural transmissions from one part of the brain to another. It also involved with facial nerves.

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Pons

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It is also known as the “Little Brain.” It is part of hindbrain where it is essential to balance, coordination, and muscle tone.

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Cerebellum

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It forms a 1-to-3-millimeter layer that wraps the surface of the brain somewhat like the bark of a tree wraps around the trunk.

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Cerebral Cortex

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It is small grooves.

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Sulci

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It is a large groove.

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Fissures

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It bulges between adjacent sulci or fissures.

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Gyri

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It transmits electrical signals from one location to another in the nervous system.

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Neurons

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It is the part of the brain associated with complex cognition.

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Neocortex

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It contains the nucleus of the where it is responsible for the life of the neuron and connects the dendrites to the axon.

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Soma

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It is a branchlike structure that receive information from other neurons or cells, and the soma integrates the information.

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Dendrites

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It is a white, fatty substance that surrounds some of the axons of the nervous system, which accounts for some of the whiteness of the white matter of the brain.

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Myelin Sheathes

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It increases the speed of the signal.

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Myelin Sheathes

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It is a small gap in the myelin coating along the axon, which serve to increase conduction speed even more by helping to create electrical signals.

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Nodes of Ranvier

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It allows diffusion of ions.

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Nodes of Ranvier

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It organizes and keeps the cell functional.

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Cell Body

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It protects the cell.

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Cell Membrane

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It generates impulse in the neuron.

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Axon Hillock

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It transfers signals to other cells and organs.

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Axon

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It forms junctions with other cells.

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Axon Terminal

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It is toward the front of the brain where it associated with motor processing and higher thought processes, such as abstract reasoning, problem solving, planning, and judgment.

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Frontal Lobe

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It tends to be involved when sequences of thoughts or actions are called for. It is critical in producing speech.

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Frontal Lobe

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It is involved in complex motor control and tasks that require integration of information over time.

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Prefrontal Cortex

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It is associated with somatosensory processing. It receives inputs from the neurons regarding touch, pain, temperature sense, and limb position when you are perceiving space and your relationship to it.

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Parietal Lobe

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It is responsible for integrating sensory information, including touch, temperature, pressure and pain.

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Parietal Lobe

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It is associated with visual processing. It is the major visual processing center in the brain.

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Temporal Lobe

54
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It occurs when the flow of blood to the brain undergoes a sudden disruption.

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Strokes

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It is a brain disorder caused by a stroke.

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Vascular Disorder

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It occurs when a buildup of fatty tissue occurs in blood vessels over a period of years, and a piece of this tissue breaks off and gets lodged in arteries of the brain.

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Ischemic Stroke

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It occurs when a blood vessel in the brain suddenly breaks. It is when blood spills into surrounding tissue where the brain cells in the affected areas begin to die.

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Hemorrhagic Stroke

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It also known as Neoplasms. It can affect cognitive functioning in very serious ways.

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Brain Tumors

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It is an injury to the head area that may cause instant loss of awareness or alertness for a few minutes up to a few hours after the traumatic event.

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Concussion

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It is a break in the skull bone.

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Skull Fracture

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It is the most common type of skull fracture. It is a break in the bone, but it does not move the bone.

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Linear Skull Fractures

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It is a type of fracture may be seen with or without a cut in the scalp.

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Depressed Skull Fractures

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It is a fracture that occur along the suture lines in the skull. The sutures are the areas between the bones in the head that fuse when we are children.

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Diastatic Skull Fractures

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It is the most serious type of skull fracture, and involves a break in the bone at the base of the skull.

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Basilar Skull Fracture

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It is a blood clot around the brain.

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Intracranial Hematoma (ICH)

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It occurs when a blood clot forms underneath the skull, but on top of the dura, the tough covering that surrounds the brain.

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Epidural Hematoma

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It occurs when a blood clot forms underneath the skull and underneath the dura, but outside of the brain.

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Subdural Hematoma

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It is a bruise to the brain itself. It causes bleeding and swelling inside of the brain around the area where the head was struck.

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Contusion or Intracerebral Hematoma

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