Week 5 Part 2 Flashcards

(48 cards)

1
Q

What protects the central nervous system

A

Bones, cerebrospinal fluid, meninges

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2
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Afferent

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Going towards the spine
Sensory, involuntary

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3
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Efferent

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Going away from the spine
Voluntary, motor

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4
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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
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How many cervical nerves

A

8

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8
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How many lumbar nerves

A

5

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9
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How many thoracic nerves

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12

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10
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How many sacral nerves

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5

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11
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How many coccygeal nerves

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1

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12
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How many lobes are there and what are there names

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Frontal lobe
Occipital lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe

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13
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Frontal lobe

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

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14
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Occipital lobe

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Vision

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15
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Parietal lobe

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Body sense, perception, and language comprehension

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16
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Temporal lobe

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Hearing, speech, language and integration of emotions

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17
Q

Speech centres of the brain

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Frontal lobe and parietal lobe

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18
Q

Frontal lobe is in which area and responsible for what

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Broca’s area
Speech output

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19
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Partietal lobe is in which area and responsible for what

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Wernick’s lobe
Language, understanding

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20
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Cerebellum involved in what

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Sensory and motor coordination and balance

21
Q

The parts of the brain stem

A

Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

22
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Midbrain is responsible for

A

relay visual and auditory impulses to the cerebrum

23
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Pons is responsible for

24
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Medulla oblongata responsible for

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Controls heartbeat, respiration, and blood vessel diameter

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Diencephalon responsible for
Hormones, hunger and thirst, body temp., sleep-wake cycle, sending information
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The four parts of diencephalon
Thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal body, pituitary gland
27
Hypothalamus Controls or inhibits the release of hormones
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Pituitary gland
Produces and release hormones
29
Pineal body
Produce and secrete the hormone melatonin
30
Thalamus Body’s information relay station
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Reflexes
The sensory impulses do not make it to the brain
33
Quadriplegia
Paralysis of all four limbs
34
Paraplegia
Paralysis of the lower extremity
35
Stroke
A disruption of blood flow to the brain
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Changes with aging process for nervous system
Reaction time slows Impulses don’t travel as fast
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Longitudinal fissure
Divides the brain into the right and left hemisphere
38
Transverse fissure
Divides the cerebellum from the rest of the brain
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The order of the parts of the brain stem
The midbrain The pons Medulla oblongata
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Centralateral
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
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Central sulcus
42
Lateral sulcus
43
Longitude sulcus
44
Precentral gryus
45
Postcentral gyrus
46
White matter
Myelinated
47
Grey matter
Unmyelinated
48