White Matter Flashcards

(13 cards)

1
Q

White matter composed of _ which connect different regions of brain

A

Nerve fibers (axons)

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2
Q

Grey matter is _

A

Cerebral cortex

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3
Q

White matter makes up bulk of inside of _

A

Cerebral hemispheres

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4
Q

Three types of bundles/tracts of white matter are _ fibers (3)

A

Commissural

Association

Projection

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5
Q

_ cross between the hemispheres

A

Commissural fibers

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6
Q

Commissural fibers cross between hemispheres, connecting _

A

Regions on two sides of the

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7
Q

_ is largest of Commissural tract

A

Corpus callosum

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8
Q

_ connects diffeeent areas in same hemisphere

A

Association fibers

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9
Q

Short association fibers connect adjacent _

A

Gyri

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10
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Long association fibers connect _

A

More widely separated regions of cortex

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11
Q

_ connects cerebral cortex with more deeper underlying regions of brain, stem, spinal cord

A

Projection fibers

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13
Q

Projection fibers enable cortex to receive incoming info from body and send out instructions controlling _ (2)

A

Movement

Other functions

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