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125 Cards in this Set
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Medulla Oblongata Functions: -Contains 3 vital reflex centers: Cardiac, respiratory, Vasomotor |
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Pons Function: -contains nuclei of some of the cranial nerves |
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Midbrain |
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Corpora Quadrigemina |
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Superior Colliculi Functions: -reflex center for visual stimuli |
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Inferior Colliculi Function: -Reflex center for auditory stimuli |
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Cerebellum Function: -motor area of the brain that coordinates certain subconscious movement of skeletal muscles |
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Diencephalon |
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Thalamus Function: -relay station for sensory stimuli between the cerebrum of the brain and the spinal cord. |
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Hypothalamus Function: -Control of body temperature |
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Infundibulum |
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Pituitary gland Function: -Secretes many hormones |
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Pineal Gland Function: - controls the onset of puberty and other biorhythms |
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Cerebrum |
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Frontal Lobe Function: -contains primary motor cortex (voluntary control) |
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Parietal Lobe Function: -contains primary sensory cortex |
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Temporal Lobe Function: -involved in the conscious perception of sound and smell |
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Occipital Lobe Function: -involved in the conscious perception of visual stimuli |
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Corpus Callosum Function: -connects regions of one hemisphere of the cerebrum with the same regions of the other hemisphere of the cerebrum |
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Ventricles Function: -Produces cerebrospinal fluid |
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Lateral Ventricle |
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Interventricular Foramen |
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Third ventricle |
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Cerebral Aqueduct |
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Fourth Ventricle |
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Cranial Nerves |
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Gray Matter Function: -contains the cell bodies of neurons |
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Dorsal Horn |
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Ventral Horn |
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Dorsal Root |
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Dorsal Root Ganglion Function: -contains cell bodies of the sensory neurons |
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ventral Root |
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Spinal nerve Function: -contains both sensory and motor fibers |
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White Matter Function: -contains the myelinated axons of motor and sensory neurons |
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Meninges Function: -coverings of connective tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord. |
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Dura Mater |
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Subdural Space |
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Arachnoid Mater |
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Subarachnoid Space Function: -collects cerebrospinal fluid which is than absorbed into the blood. |
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Pia Mater |
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Denticulate Ligaments Function: -holds the spinal cord in place |
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Brain Stem |
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Eye |
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Lacrimal Glands; Superior Function: -secrete lacrimal fluid (tears) |
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Lacrimal Glands; Inferior Function: -Secrete lacrimal fluid (tears) |
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Lacrimal Canals; Superior Function: -funnel the tears into the lacrimal sac. |
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Lacrimal Canals; Inferior Function: -funnel the tears into the lacrimal sac. |
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Lacrimal Sac Function: -collects tears and empties them into the nasolacrimal duct. |
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Nasolacrimal Duct Function: -collects tears from the lacrimal sac and epties them into the nasal cavity. |
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Fibrous Tunic |
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Sclera Function: -Gives the eye its shape, protects the delicate internal layers. |
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Cornea Function: - acts like a window that controls and focuses the entry of light into the eye |
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Vascular Tunic |
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Choroid Function: -contains blood vessels that serve the retina, and pigment that darkens the inner surface of eye to absorb light so it does not reflect. |
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Ciliary Body Function: - contains smooth muscles that alter the shape of the lens, cells secrete aqueous humor into the anterior cavity. |
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Iris Function: - controls the amount of light entering the eye by regulates the size of the pupil. |
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Pupil |
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Nervous Tunic |
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Retina Function: -receives light focused from the lens, converts it into neuro signals and sends them to the brain. |
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Fovea Centralis Function: -focuses light on the retina |
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Optic Disk |
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Lens Function: -changes shape to focus the light image on the central fovea of the macula lutea |
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Anterior Cavity |
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Aqueous Humor |
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Anterior chamber of anterior cavity |
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Posterior chamber of anterior cavity |
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Posterior Cavity |
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Vitreous humor |
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Optic Nerve Function: -transfers visual information from the retina to the vision centers of the brain via electrical impulses. |
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Extrinsic muscle of the eye Function: -control the movement of the eyes |
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Superior Oblique (tendon) |
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Inferior Oblique |
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Superior Rectus |
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Inferior Rectus |
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Lateral Rectus |
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Medial Rectus |
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Ear |
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External Outer Ear |
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Pinna |
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Helix |
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Lobe |
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External Auditory Canal Function: -has a self cleaning function to keep sound pathway clear of debri |
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Tympanic Membrane Function: -converts sound waves into mechanical vibrations |
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Middle Ear |
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Auditory tube |
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Auditory ossicles Function: -transfer the mechanical vibrations of the tympanic membrane to the oval window of the inner ear. |
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Malleus |
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Incus |
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Stapes |
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Inner ear |
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Semicircular canals Function: -function in balance equilibrium (helps you keep your balance) |
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Ampulla |
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Vestibule Function: -contains to important parts that help you keep your balance while standing and moving |
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Oval Window Function: -receives mechanical vibrations from the auditory ossicles. |
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Round Window Function: -absorbs vibrations from inside the cochlea to prevent "echoing" of sounds. |
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Cochlea Function: - functions for hearing- has the organ of corti that changes mechanical vibrations into action potentials that are translated by the brain. |
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Vestibulocochlear nerve |
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Vestibular branch |
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Cochlear branch |
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Testis Function: -produces spermatozoa |
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Epididymis Function: - where the spermatozoa undergo further development and are stored until ejaculation. |
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Scrotum Function: -suspends testes outside of the body to ensure the proper temperature for sperm cell development. |
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Spermatic Cord |
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Ductus Deferens Function: -during ejaculation the tube transports sperm from the epidymis to the ejaculatory duct. |
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Seminal Vesicle Function: -secrete the alkaline viscous component of semen into the ejaculatory duct. |
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Ejaculatory Duct Function: - collects the spermatozoa from the ductus deferens and the seminal fluid from the seminal vesicles and empties them into the prostatic urethra |
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Prostate Gland Function: -secretes a slightly acidic fluid into the prostatic urethra |
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Urethra Function: - passage that urine takes from the urinary bladder and semen takes during an ejaculation. |
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Prostatic Urethra |
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Penile urethra |
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Penis Function: -the male organ of copulation and urination |
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Glans Penis |
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Urethral Orifice |
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Ovary |
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fallopian Tube Function: -place where an oocyte is fertilized by sperm |
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Fimbriae Function: - sweep the oocyte into the uterine tube immediately after ovulation |
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Infundibulum |
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Uterus Function: - responsible for the development of the embryo and fetus during pregnancy |
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Cervix Function: -connects the vagina to the uterine |
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Vagina Function: - passageway for menstruation, inferior portion of the birth canal, the receptacle for the penis during intercourse. |
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Labia Minora |
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Labia majora |
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Clitoris |
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