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Neural Tube

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Walls of the tube forms the brain’s six divisions.
- forms all cells found in the brain and spinal cord, walls become neurons and glial cells, and hollow cavity becomes the central canal and ventricles in the brain

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Ventricles

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  • Chambers traveling down brain’s embryological center to spinal cord
  • Contains CSF and distributes nourishments and protects brain
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Choroid Plexuses

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Specialized blood vessel that makes the CSF

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Lateral Ventricles (2)

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  • cerebral hemispheres
  • separated by thin membrane called the septum pellucidum
  • interconnected hollow cavities that house CSF
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Septum Pellucidum

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Thin membrane that separates the lateral ventricles

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Interventricular Foramen

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What the 2 lateral ventricles lead into and it opens to the third ventricle

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Third Ventricle

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  • deep in the diencephalon
    -narrows inferiorly to form the cerebral aqueduct
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Cerebral Aqueduct

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Travels through the midbrain and connects with the fourth ventricle

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Fourth Ventricle

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  • found between the pons and cerebellum
  • large, diamond-shaped expansion
  • as it narrows inferiorly, it joins the central canal of the medulla and spinal cord
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Central Canal

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Passes through the medulla and into the spinal cord

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Meninges

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Series of membranes
- Dura Mater: most superficial and provides a resilient layer around the brain - 2 sub layers divide to form dural venous sinuses (veins that drain blood from brain and scalp)
- Arachnoid mater: innermost surface of the dura and its fine strands extend across subarachnoid space (filled w/ CSF = watery cushion for brain) to pia mater
- Pia Mater: deepest meninx

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CSF

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1) CSF enters ventricles from choroid plexuses
2) CSF travels from ventricles to the subarachnoid space
3) CSF absorbed by arachnoid granulations (out-pocketings of the arachnoid mater) and enters the dural venous sinuses

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Organization of the Brain

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1) Nuclei: central gray matter
2) Ventricles: fluid-filled cavities surrounded by nuclei
3) Cortex: additional superficial region of gray matter
4) white matter containing axons travel to and from the brain’s nuclei and cortex and are ordered into tracts

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Commissural Tracts

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Connect the right and left sides fo the brain

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Projection Tracts

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Connect higher and lower regions of CNS. Ascending or descending depending on information flow.
- interneurons of the corticospinal and spinothalamic pathways

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Association Tracts

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Found in cerebrum and connect one part of the cortex to adjacent regions of the same hemisphere

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Cerebral Hemisphere Lobes

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1) Frontal
2) Parietal
3) Occipital
4) Temporal
5) Insular - tucked away in lateral sulcus

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Gyri

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Ridges that cover surface of cerebrum

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Sulci

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Grooves that cover cerebrum’s surface

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Fissures

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Major grooves that cover the cerebrum’s surface

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Longitudinal Fissure

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Separates the right and left hemispheres

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Central Sulcus

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Divides the frontal and parietal lobes

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Lateral Sulcus

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Divides the temporal from frontal and parietal lobes

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Parieto-occipital Sulcus

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Divides the parietal and occipital lobes

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Primary Motor Cortex
At the precentral gyrus and is responsible for initiating voluntary movement throughout the body by sending instructions down the brain to the motor division of the PNS=
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Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Where the body's general senses arrive and is located on the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobes
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Primary Visual Cortex
Neurons from the special senses project to the Occipiatal Lobe
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Primary Auditory Cortex
Temporal Lobe
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Primary Olfactory Cortex
Temporal Lobe
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Primary Gustatory (taste) Cortex
Parietal and Insular Lobes
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Multimodal Association Areas
Found throughout the cortex and integrate inputs from multiple senses
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Prefrontal Cortex
Important in social interactions and personality
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Diencephalon Structures
Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Pineal Gland
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Pineal Gland
Produces Melatonin
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Thalamus
Relay station of the brain because its the synapse site for nearly all sensory pathways: signals routed from the spinal cord or lower brain regions to the appropriate regions of the cerebral cortex
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Hypothalamus
Below the thalamus and has several nuclei containing: autonomic control centers, body control center, sleep cycle control center, emotional control center - responds to stimuli in the brain by releasing hormones that control the pituitary gland
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Pituitary Gland
Structure found suspended from the hypothalamus and produces hormones that control the thyroid, adrenal cortex, liver and reproductive function
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Midbrain
Narrow region between the pons and thalamus and contains some nuclei and lots of white matter -cerebral peduncles -corpora quadrigemina
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Cerebral Peduncles
Large bundles containing projection tracts and allow communication b/w the cerebral hemispheres and lower parts of the CNS
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Corpora Quadrigemina
- Superior Colliculi: nuclei on posterior side of midbrain, initiates visual reflexes like the coordination of eye and head movements when tracking a moving object. - Inferior Colliculi: nuclei on posterior midbrain, receives auditory info and coordinates reflexive actions in response to sounds
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Pons
- tracts of white matter
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Cerebellar Peduncles
Large bundles that other tracts arriving at the pons enter the cerebellum through
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Medullary pyramids
Large ridges on the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata that contain the descending corticospinal tracts that contain axons directing voluntary movements of the body - several nuclei
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Nuclei Centers
- Cardiovascular Centers: regulate heart rate and blood vessel diameter - Respiratory Centers: control depth and rate of breathing - Various Autonomic Centers: reflex centers for the gastrointestinal tract
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Cerebellum
- little brain - cerebellar hemispheres: look like smaller version of cerebral hemispheres - outer cortex and inner white matter - above: informed about intent to initiate movements (cerebral hemispheres) - below: receives info from sensory receptors in muscles and joints that provide info about body's position
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Arbor Vitae
Tree-like branching pattern of white matter from cerebellum when viewed from midsagittal section
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Vermis
Midline lobe at the center of the cerebellum
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Limbic System
Includes parts of the cerebral cortex, thalamus, and hypothalamus. Coordinate to recognize social cues and elicit emotions and memories
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Reticular Formation
Limits sensory information from reaching the conscious mind
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Cerebrum
Basal Nuclei: lies close to lateral ventricles in deepest recesses of cerebral hemisphere. Gray Matter clusters (regulate movement initiation and coordinated control of antagonistic muscle pairs)
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Internal Capsule
Basal nuclei clustered into 2 main bodies and separated by the large bundles of projection and association tracts (internal capsule)
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Globular Amygdala and Elongate Hippocampus
- Inferior and lateral to basal nuclei and internal capsule - Involved in memory - Amygdala: decision-making and emotional responses - Hippocampus: spatial memory and navigation
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Corpus Callosum
At the midline of the brain and is a massive bundle of white matter containing axons responsible for communication b/w cerebral hemispheres - largest commissural tracts

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