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Decks in this class (18)

Exam 1 Vocab review
Cell soma 1,
Axons 2,
Myelin sheath cns vs pns 3
168  cards
Exam 2: Lecture 12 Brain Stem
What is in the brain stem 5 1,
Reticular formation 2,
Reasons the brainstem changes sha...
32  cards
Exam 2: Lecture 13 Forebrain
Parts of the diencephalon 4 1,
What does the hypothalamus do for...,
Pituitary stalk 3
55  cards
Exam 2: Lecture 14 Cranial nerves
Cranial nerves 1,
What do the cranial nerves provid...,
Cranial foramina 2
39  cards
Exam 2: Vision (15 and 16)
Conjunctivitis 1,
What gland secretes tears 2,
What cranial nerve innervates the...
81  cards
Exam 2: Somatosensory (17 and 18)
What are the 3 sensory systems 1,
Somatosensory sensations 2,
Visceral sensations 3
77  cards
Exam 2: Lecture 19 Hearing and balance
Where is the labyrinth embedded w...,
Labyrinth 2,
Cochlea 3
50  cards
exam 2: Lecture 20 Chemical sense (smell and taste)
What are the chemical senses 1,
How does smell work 2,
What do odor receptors respond to 3
36  cards
Exam 3: Motor system and Basal ganglia
Somatosensory system 1,
2 components of the somatosensory...,
Autonomic motor system 3
106  cards
Exam 3: Cerebellum and Locomotion
Movement synergy 1,
Movement synergy includes 3 2,
Tentorium cerebelli 3
82  cards
Exam 3: Eye movement and Limbic system
6 fundamental tasks of ocular mot...,
What is the main goal of eye move...,
Fixation 2
75  cards
Exam 3: Hypothalamus and Autonomic system
Hypothalamus 1,
Things the hypothalamus influence...,
What does the hypothalamus interf...
112  cards
Exam 4: Questions from previous exams
Where is the occipital lobe 1,
The two hemispheres of the brain ...,
In the peripheral nervous system ...
107  cards
Learning/Memory and Reward, dopamine, and addiction
Learning 1,
Memory 2,
Long term potentiation ltp 3
72  cards
Reticular formation/sleep/wakefulness and Cortex1
What is special about the reticul...,
Where can the reticular formation...,
How many groups of neurons relate...
115  cards
Cerebral Cortex 2 and Language
What are the structural methods f...,
Functional methods for imaging a ...,
Computerized tomography ct 3
83  cards
Injury/regeneration and brain cell death
2 types of injury to nerve cells 1,
When axotomy occurs where is func...,
What happens with schwann cells w...
104  cards
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurodegenerative disorders 1,
Degeneration repercussions 2,
Pathophysiology of neurodegenerat...
51  cards

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