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51 Cards in this Set
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Postcentral Gyrus Function
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primary somatosensory area
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Posterior Portion of Occipital Lobe function
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vision
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Uncus location and function
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located deep within the temporal lobe, olfactory area
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Prefrontal Cortex function
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personality
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Wernickes Area function
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speech, located on temporal lobe towards occipital lobe
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Broca's area function
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speech
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what does the pons do
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consists of motor and sensory fiber tracts which connect the brain to the lower CNS centers
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Medulla Oblongata function
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autonomic center for heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, etc
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Hypothalamus
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regulation of body temp
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Thalamus
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relay station for sensory impulses
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choroid plexus
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forms the cerebrospinal fluid
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Arbor Vitae
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brings sensory and motor information to and from the cerebellum
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frontal lobe
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judgment
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parietal lobe
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integrating sensory information from various parts of the body
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occipital lobe
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vision
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temporal lobe
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speech, memory, hearing
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corpora quadrigemina
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reflex centers involving hearing and vision
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corpus callosum
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connects two hemispheres of cerebrum and facilitates commuincation between them
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mammillary bodies
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memory
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Meninges of the brain
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outermost layer - Dura matter composed of periosteal layer and meningeal layer
middle layer - arachnoid matter, web like connects dura to pia innermost layer - pia matter, highly vascular |
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olfactory
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Sensory - smell
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optic
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Sensory - transmits visual information from the retina to the brain
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oculomotor nerve
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Motor - controls eye movements
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trochlear nerve fuction
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Motor - provides somatic motor fibers to superior oblique muscle
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trigeminal
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Both - sensory impulses from skin of face
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abducens
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Motor - lateral rectus eye muscle
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facial
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Both - facial expression and taste
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vestibulocochlear
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Sensory - sound from inner ear
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glossopharyngeal
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Both - gag reflex
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vagus
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Both - innervates the stomach
mnemonic vaGUS vs vaGUT |
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Accessory
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Motor - neck
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Hypoglossal
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Motor nerve for tongue
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Lacrimal Gland
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Secrets tear drops onto anterior of eye
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Lacrimal canaliculus
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shuttles tear drops to lacrimal sac
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Lacrimal sac
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transfers tear drops and debris to nasolacrimal duct
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nasolacrimal duct
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transfers tears and debri to nostril
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conjunctival sac
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secrets mucus which aids in lubricating the eye
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lateral rectus
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moves eye laterally
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medial rectus
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moves eye medially
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superior rectus
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elevates eye, and moves it medially
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inferior rectus
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depresses eye and moves it medially
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inferior oblique
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elevates eye and turns it laterally
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superior oblique
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depresses eye and turns it laterally
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choroid
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blood rich 2nd layer of eye which contains a dark pigment which prevents light from scattering within the eye
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iris
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composed of circularly arranged smooth muscles which regulate the amount of light allowed through the pupil
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thing that holds the lens in place
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suspensory ligament
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layers of retina
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pigmented epithelium, and neural layer which houses the photorecetors, ganglia, and bipolar cells
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cilliary body function
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contains muscles that control the shape of the lense
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fovea centralis
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area of high cone density
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anterior segment
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anterior to the lens contains aqueous humor
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posterior segment
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posterior to lens filled with vitreous fluid
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