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82 Cards in this Set
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Primary Motor Cortex (Function)
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Each region controls voluntary skeletal muscle groups on the contralateral side of the body.
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Primary Somatosensory Cortex (Function)
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Receives sensory input from contralateral side of the body.
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Premotor cortex (Function)
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Planning movements and controlling learned, skilled, movements.
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Somatosensory association area (Function)
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Integrates and interprets sensory inputs, especially touch.
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Broca's area (Function)
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Translates thoughts to speech
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Primary visual cortex (Function)
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Recieves sensory input regarding shape, color, and movement.
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Frontal eye field (Function)
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Controlls voluntary scanning movements of the eye.
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Visual association area (Function)
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Relates present and past visual experiences so you can recognize things.
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Primary auditory cortex (Function)
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Recieves input from the cochlea of the ear.
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Olfactory Cortex (Function)
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Recieves input related to smell and functions in awareness of odors.
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Auditory Association Area (Function)
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Perception of sound
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Gustatory Cortex (Function)
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Taste is consiously percieved
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Vestibular Cortex (Function)
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Consious awareness of balance.
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Prefrontal Cortex (Function)
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Intellect and complex learning, cognition.
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Common integrative area (Function)
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Integrates sensory interpretations from association areas, allows thoughts to be formed, and transmits signals to other parts of the brain for appropriate response to signal.
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Wernicke's area (Function)
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Translates words to meaning. Interprets meaning of speech.
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Affective Language Area (Function)
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Ask s/o
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Primary Motor Cortex (Location)
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Precentral gyrus of frontal lobe
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Primary Somatosensory Cortex (Location)
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Postcentral gyrus of frontal lobe
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Premotor cortex (Location)
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Frontal lobe
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Somatosensory association area (Location)
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Parietal lobe
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Broca's area (Location)
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Frontal lobe, close to lateral sulcus (on left hemisphere only)
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Primary visual cortex (Location)
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Posterior occipital lobe
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Frontal eye field (Location)
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Frontal lobe
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Visual association area (Location)
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Occipital lobe
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Primary auditory cortex (Location)
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Temporal lobe
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Olfactory Cortex (Location)
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Temporal lobe
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Auditory Association Area (Location)
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Temporal lobe
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Gustatory Cortex (Location)
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Base of parietal lobe
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Vestibular Cortex (Location)
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Posterior insula
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Prefrontal Cortex (Location)
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Anterior of frontal lobe
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Common integrative area (Location)
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Parietal lobe (only one hemisphere)
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Wernicke's area (Location)
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Left temporal and parietal lobe
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Affective language area (Location)
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ask s/o
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Alpha Waves (describe/when?)
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Description: Low amplitude, slow, rhythmic
When? Calm, restful state of awakeness |
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Beta Waves (describe/when?)
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Description: More irregular than alpha waves and higher frequency
When? Mentally alert and concentrating |
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Theta Waves (describe/when?)
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Description: Slow, more irregular
When? Sometimes during sleep, often in children and frustrated adults, and in brain disorders. |
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Delta Waves (describe/when?)
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Description: High amplitude, low frequency
When? During deep sleep and anesthetic |
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Commisural tracts (Function)
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Conducts impulses from gyri in one hemisphere to gyri in the other hemisphere.
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Associatino tracts (Function)
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Conducts impulses between gyri in the same hemisphere.
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Projection Fibers (Function)
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Conducts impulses from and to lower part of the CNS
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Mechanoreceptors (Stimulus)
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Detects mechanical pressure or stretching
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Thermoreceptors (Stimulus)
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Detects changes in temperature
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Nociceptors (Stimulus)
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Detects stimuli that could cause chemical or mechanical harm
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Photoreceptors (Stimulus)
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Detects light energy
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Chemoreceptors (Stimulus)
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Detects chemicals in solution
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Exteroceptors (Location)
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Receptors located at or near the surface of the body.
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Interoceptors (Location)
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Receptors located in the walls of viscera and blood vessels.
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Proprioceptors (Location)
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Receptors located in the skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, ligaments, and CT coverings of bones and muscles.
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Exteroceptors (Stimulus Selectivity)
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Detect outside temperature, pain, touch, and pressure.
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Interoceptors (Stimulus Selectivity)
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Detect internal temperature, pressure change
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Proprioceptors (Stimulus Selectivity)
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Detect body position, tension in muscles and tendons, joint activity.
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Meissner's corpuscles (location)
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Encapsulated dendritic ending found in the dermal papillae of hairless skin
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Krause's end bulbs (location)
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Encapsulated dendritic ending found in mucous membranes.
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Pacinian corpuscles (location)
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Encapsulated dendritic ending found deep in the dermis and subcutaneous layer
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Muscle spindles (location)
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Encapsulated dendritic ending wrapped around muscle fibers
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Ruffini's corpuscles (location)
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Encapsulated dendritic ending found deep in the dermis and subcutaneous layer and in the joints, tendons, and ligaments.
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Golgi tendon organ (location)
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Encapsulated dendritic ending found at the junction of tendons and muscles.
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Joint Kinesthetic Receptors (location)
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Encapsulated dendritic endings found in joints.
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Meissner's corpuscles (structure)
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Spiraling dendritic endings in an egg shaped CT capsule.
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Krause's end bulbs (structure)
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Similar in structure to Meissner's corpuscles.
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Pacinian Corpuscles (structure)
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Large with one dendritic ending surrounded by many Schwann cells and the whole thing is surrounded by a CT capsule.
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Muscle spindles (structure)
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Wraps around muscle spindle and is enclosed by a CT capsule and anchors spindle to perimysium and epimyseum.
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Ruffini's corpuscles (structure)
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Many dendritic endings enclosed by a flattened CT capsule.
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Golgi tendon organ (structure)
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Capsule encloses collagen fibers and sensory nerve endings
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Joint Kinesthetic Receptors (structure)
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Includes lots of different types of free and encapsulated nerve endings.
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Meissner's corpuscles (function)
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A phasic receptor that responds to light touch (in hairless skin).
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Krause's end bulbs (function)
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A phasic receptor that responds to light touch (in mucous membranes).
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Pacinian corpuscles (function)
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A phasic receptor that responds to deep pressure and vibrations
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Muscle spindles (function)
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A tonic receptor that detects muscle length
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Ruffini's corpuscles (function)
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A tonic receptor that responds to deep and continuous pressure as well as proprioception and tactile functions.
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Golgi tendon organ (function)
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A tonic receptor that detects muscle tension.
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Joint Kinesthetic Receptors
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Phasic receptors that detect joint position and movement.
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Lateral Corticospinal tract (Type of info)
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Controls muscles in distal parts of the limbs
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Anterior Corticospinal Tract (Type of info)
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Control movements of the axial skeleton
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Corticobulbar Tract (Type of info)
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Controls precise voluntary movements of muscles in the face and neck
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Anterior Spinothalamic (Type of info)
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crude touch, pressure, tickle, itch, pain
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Lateral Spinothalamic (Type of info)
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Pain, temperature
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Fasciculus Cuneatus (Type of info)
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Fine sensations (Proprioception, touch, pressure) in upper body that can be localized to a specific place
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Fasciculus Gracilis (Type of info)
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Fine sensations (Proprioception, touch, pressure) in lower body that can be localized to a specific place
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Anterior spinocerebellar tract (Type of info)
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Proprioception in the trunk and lower limbs
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Posterior spinocerebellar tract (Type of info)
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Proprioception in the trunk and lower limbs
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