Week 5 Part 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What protects the central nervous system

A

Bones, cerebrospinal fluid, meninges

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2
Q

Afferent

A

Going towards the spine
Sensory, involuntary

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3
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Efferent

A

Going away from the spine
Voluntary, motor

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4
Q

The hole of the skull

A

Foremen magnum

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5
Q

The ramps of the spinal nerves

A

Called spinal roots

Which connect the spinal nerves to the spinal cord

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6
Q

How many spinal nerves are there

A

31 pairs of spinal nerves

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7
Q

How many cervical nerves

A

8

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8
Q

How many lumbar nerves

A

5

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9
Q

How many thoracic nerves

A

12

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10
Q

How many sacral nerves

A

5

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11
Q

How many coccygeal nerves

A

1

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12
Q

How many lobes are there and what are there names

A

Frontal lobe
Occipital lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe

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13
Q

Frontal lobe

A

“Executive functions”, motor activities
Emotion and behaviour,
Thinking
Smell and speech

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14
Q

Occipital lobe

A

Vision

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15
Q

Parietal lobe

A

Body sense, perception, and language comprehension

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16
Q

Temporal lobe

A

Hearing, speech, language and integration of emotions

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17
Q

Speech centres of the brain

A

Frontal lobe and parietal lobe

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18
Q

Frontal lobe is in which area and responsible for what

A

Broca’s area
Speech output

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19
Q

Partietal lobe is in which area and responsible for what

A

Wernick’s lobe
Language, understanding

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20
Q

Cerebellum involved in what

A

Sensory and motor coordination and balance

21
Q

The parts of the brain stem

A

Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

22
Q

Midbrain is responsible for

A

relay visual and auditory impulses to the cerebrum

23
Q

Pons is responsible for

A

Respiration

24
Q

Medulla oblongata responsible for

A

Controls heartbeat, respiration, and blood vessel diameter

25
Q

Diencephalon responsible for

A

Hormones, hunger and thirst, body temp., sleep-wake cycle, sending information

26
Q

The four parts of diencephalon

A

Thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal body, pituitary gland

27
Q
A

Hypothalamus
Controls or inhibits the release of hormones

28
Q

Pituitary gland

A

Produces and release hormones

29
Q

Pineal body

A

Produce and secrete the hormone melatonin

30
Q
A

Thalamus
Body’s information relay station

31
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32
Q

Reflexes

A

The sensory impulses do not make it to the brain

33
Q

Quadriplegia

A

Paralysis of all four limbs

34
Q

Paraplegia

A

Paralysis of the lower extremity

35
Q

Stroke

A

A disruption of blood flow to the brain

36
Q

Changes with aging process for nervous system

A

Reaction time slows
Impulses don’t travel as fast

37
Q

Longitudinal fissure

A

Divides the brain into the right and left hemisphere

38
Q

Transverse fissure

A

Divides the cerebellum from the rest of the brain

39
Q

The order of the parts of the brain stem

A

The midbrain
The pons
Medulla oblongata

40
Q

Centralateral

A

Left side of your body is controlled by the right side of your brain
Right side of your body is controlled by the left side of your brain

41
Q
A

Central sulcus

42
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A

Lateral sulcus

43
Q
A

Longitude sulcus

44
Q
A

Precentral gryus

45
Q
A

Postcentral gyrus

46
Q

White matter

A

Myelinated

47
Q

Grey matter

A

Unmyelinated

48
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