Flashcards in The Brain Deck (42)
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What is the frontal lobe responsible for?
Primary motor activity, behavior, speech production, emotional changes (flatness)-- relating to behavior
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What is the parietal lobe responsible for?
Primary somatosensory and proprioception; association of somatosensory, vision, audition; formation of egocentric space and sense of self.
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What is the temporal lobe responsible for?
Audition, olfaction, memory
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What is the occipital lobe responsible for?
Vision
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What is the end of the spinal cord called?
Conus medullaris
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Which part of the spinal cord are the sensory nerve tracts?
Dorsal horns
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Which part of the spinal cord are the motor neurons?
Ventral horns
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What 3 structures make up the brainstem?
Midbrain, Pons, and Medulla oblongata
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What is the medulla oblongata responsible for?
Respiration, cardiac center, vasomotor center, reflex centers for vomiting, swallowing, coughing, sneezing
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What are the corticospinal tracts?
Pyramids
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Where are the pyramids?
Medulla oblongata
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What is the decussation of the pyramids?
Where motor fibers from the left hemisphere cross to the right and vice versa.
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What CN nuclei are in the medulla oblongata?
CN IX, X, XI, XII (glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory, and hypoglossal)
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What does the name "pons" mean?
Bridge
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What does the pons contain?
Fiber tracts connecting the medulla and cerebellum with upper portions of the brain
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What is the pons responsible for?
Respiratory centers that work with the medulla
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What CN nuclei are in the pons?
CN V (motor), VI, VII, and part of VIII (trigeminal, Abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear)
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Where is the substantia nigra located?
midbrain
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What does the midbrain contain?
cerebral pundlecles; connecting tracts from pons to cerebellum
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What is the Substantia Nigra?
Dopamine producing regions
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What is the Corpora quadrigemina?
The masses that make up the superior and inferior colliculi.
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where is the Corpora quadrigemina?
Midbrain
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What CN nuclei are in the midbrain?
CN III, IV, V (sensory) (oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal)
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What ventricular structure passes through the midbrain?
Cerebral aqueduct
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What ventricular structure is located in the medulla?
Part of the 4th ventricle
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What is the cerebellum responsible for?
balance/posture, learning of motions, cognitive functions, motor coordination
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What will damage to the cerebellum result in?
lack of coordination in gait, speech, etc
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What are the hemispheres of the cerebrum connected by?
The corpus callosum
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What is the cerebral cortex responsible for?
sensorimotor integration and perceptive qualities of our experiences
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What is a gyrus?
convolution of cortex
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what is a sulcus?
gap between the gyri
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What is the longitudinal fissure?
divides the brain into the right and left hemispheres
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What is the Lateral (Sylvian) sulcus?
separates temporal lobes from the frontal lobes
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What is the central sulcus?
Separates frontal lobe from the parietal lobes
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Where is the sensory homunculus represented?
postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe
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Where is the motor homonculus represented?
on the pre central gyrus of the frontal lobe
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What is received by the thalamus?
all sensory stimuli, except olfactory
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What happens to the sensory stimuli from the thalamus?
integrated and relayed through thalamocortical radiations to specific cortical areas
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What comprises the walls and floors of the third ventricle?
The hypothalamus
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What is the hypothalamus chief region for?
integration of the autonomic nervous system
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What does the hypothalamus do?
Regulates water balance, body temperature, and thirst
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