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Neuroscience Quiz Flashcards

1
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Order of neuron “zones”

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Input (dendrites/soma), integration (axon-hillock), conduction (axon), transmission (terminal/synapses)

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2
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one branch off main body

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unipolar

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3
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two branches off body

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bipolar

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4
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multiple branches from cell body

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multipolar

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5
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cell bodies (terms)

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ganglion (PNS), nucleus (CNS)

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6
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cell axons (terms)

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nerve (PNS), tract (CNS)

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glial cells that myelinate cells in the CNS

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oligodendrocytes

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8
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glial cells that myelinate cells in the PNS

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Schwann Cells

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9
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glial cells that engulf debris, trigger inflammatory response

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microglia (injury and disease)

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10
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glial cells for structural support, dense scars upon injury, wrap around terminals, dilate blood vessels,

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astrocytes

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11
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BBB: keeps out__, lets in__

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keeps out charged molecules viruses/bacterias, lets in small uncharged molecules, fat solubles, glucose.

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12
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Central nervous system

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Brain and Spinal Chord

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13
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Peripheral Nervous System

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Autonomic (internal) and Somatic (voluntary)

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14
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PNS Somatic

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Sensory and motor

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15
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PNS Autonomic

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Sympathetic (arousing), parasympathetic (calming)

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16
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Forebrain is

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mainly cortex

17
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Midbrain and hindbrain (cerebellum) are

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brainstem

18
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Brainstem

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midbrain, medulla, pons

19
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vital functions

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medulla

20
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sleep/rem. norepinephrine

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Pons

21
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reflections to auditory/visual, two sources of dopamine

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midbrain

22
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movement, postural control, sensory timing

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cerebellum (hindbrain)

23
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Diencephalon (3)

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thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland

24
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thalamus

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relay marble station for sense

25
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hypothalamus

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homeostasis (four f’s), sleep/wake rhythms, pituitary gland

26
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pineal gland

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melatonin

27
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frontal and parietal lobes

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central sulcus

28
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frontal/parietal and temporal

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lateral fissure

29
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hemispheres

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longitudinal fissure

30
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connects hemispheres (large bundles of axons)

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corpus callosum

31
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primary visual cortex

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occipital lobe

32
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executive functions, planning

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prefrontal (frontal)

33
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voluntary movement

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primary motor cortex (frontal)

34
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auditory cortex, wernike’s area (language comprehension),

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temporal lobe

35
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Limbic system

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hippocampus (memory) and amygdala (motion)

36
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facilitation and movement, cognition and emotion

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Basal ganglia

37
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Layers of meninges

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dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater

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