Nervous System Flashcards
(30 cards)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
The floor if the cranial cavity is bone with various ridges. The CSF allows the brain to float in the cranial cavity. Without the CSF, nervous tissue would be damaged by the sheer weight of the brain against the bony floor.
CSF also cushions the brain from impact.
Longitudinal figure
Front to back
ICP
Intracranial pressure
Cephal/o
Head
Cerebell/o
Cerebellum
Cerebr/o
Cerebrum
Dur/o
Tough
Encephal/o
Brain
Gangli/o
Ganglion
Gil/o
Glue
Medull/o
Medulla
Mening/o
Meninges
Myel/o
Spinal cord
Neur/ o
Nerve
Poli/o
Gray matter
Frontal lobe
Thinking
Parietal lobe
Sense of touch
Problem solving
General intelligence
Temporal lobe
Hearing
Wernicks area
Occipital lobe
Visual cortex
Central sulcus
Five des the frontals and parietal lobes
Limbic system
Complex of of deep nuclei of cerebrum
Associated with the thalamus and diencephalon INVOLVED in Memory( hippocampus) Emotions ( amygdala) Emotional behaviors
Diencephalon
Contains the thalamus which acts as a switching station for incoming sensory messages.
Hypothalamus
Monitors the interval environment ave helps regulate homeostasis.
Thalamus
Serves as a switching station for incoming sensory except those for smell.
It directs the so sorry messages to the appropriate love of the cerebrum.