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65 Cards in this Set
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3 Parts of the brain
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cerebrum
cerebellum brain stem |
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LONGITUDAL FISSURE
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DEVIDES THE BRAIN INTO THE RIGHT AND LEFT HEMISPHERES
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TRANSVERS FISSURE
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DIVIDES THE CEREBELLUM AND THE CEREBRUM
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GYRI
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RIDGES
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SULCI
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GROOVES
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FRONTAL LOBE
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MOTOR FUNCTION
BEHAVIOR AND EMOTIONS MEMORY STORAGE THINKING SMELL |
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PERIETAL LOBE
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BODY SENSE, PERCEPTION AND SPEECH
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OCCIPITAL LOBE
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VISION
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TEMPORAL LOBE
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HEARING, TASTE, LANGUAGE COMPREHENTION, INTEGRATION OF EMOTIONS
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INSULA
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DEEP INSIDE THE TEMPORAL LOBE
AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS |
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CEREBELLUM
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THE "LITTLE BRAIN"
SENSORY AND MOTOR COORDINATION AND BALANCE |
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PRECENTRAL GYRUS
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ANTERIOR TO CENTRAL SULCUS
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POSTCENTRAL GYRUS
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POSTERIOR TO CENTRAL SULCUS
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BROCA'S AREA
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AREA IN THE FRONTAL LOBE WHICH CONTROLS MOTOR OUTPUT FOR SPEECH
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WERNICKE'S AREA
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GENERAL INTERPRETIVE AREA OF MANY TYPES OF SENSORY INFORMATION
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MIDBRAIN
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RELAYS SENSORY AND MOTOR INFO
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3 SECTIONS OF THE BRAIN STEM
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MIDBRAIN
PONS MEDULLA OBLONGATA |
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PONS
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RELAYS SENSORY AND MOTOR INFO; ROLE IN BREATHING
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MEDULLA OBLONGATA
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REGULATES HEARTRATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, BREATHING, AND REFLEX CENTER FOR COUGHING, SNEEZING, SWALLOWING AND VOMITING
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ENCEPHALITIS
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ACUTE INFECTION OF VIRAL ORIGIN, WITH CNS INVOLVEMENT
OFTEN CAUSE BY VIRUS FROM MOSQUITOES |
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PRION DISEASE
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CAUSED BY PROTIEN
BRAIN DEVELOPS LARGE VACUOLES ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE CNS |
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CORTEX
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THE LAYER OF GRAY MATTER SURROUNDING THE WHITE MATTER OF THE BRAIN
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NUCLEI
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DEEP ISLANDS OF GRAY MATTER SURROUNDED BY WHITE MATTER
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VENTRICLES
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FLUID FILLED CAVITIES IN THE BRAIN
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CORPUS CALLOSUM
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WHITE MATTER SURROUNDING THE LATERAL VENTRICLES CONNECTING THE RIGHT AND LEFT HEMESPHERE
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DIENCEPHALON
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SECTION OF THE BRAIN INFERIOR TO THE CEREBRUM
CONTROLS HORMONE LEVELS, HUNGER AND THIRST, BODY TEMP AND SLEEP CYCLES |
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PARTS OF THE DIENCEPHALON
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THALAMUS
HYPOTHALAMUS PINEAL BODY PITUITARY GLAND |
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THALAMUS
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RELAYS AND PROCESSES INFORMATION GOING TO THE CEREBRUM
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HYPOTHALAMUS
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REGULATES HORMONE LEVELS, TEMP, THIRST, APPETITE AND SOME EMOTIONS
CONTROLS ENDOCRINE SYSTEM |
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PINEAL BODY
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RESPONSIBLE FOR SECRETION OF MELATONIN
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PITUITARY GLAND
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SECRETES HORMONES FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS.
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SOMATIC SENSATION
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SENSE OF TOUCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
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SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS FOR SENSORY INFORMATION
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SPINOTHALAMIC
LATERAL ANTERIOR DORSAL COLUMN SPINOCEREBELLAR |
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SPINOTHALAMIC PATHWAY
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FROM SKIN TO SOMATIC SENSORY CORTEX
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LATERAL
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PAIN AND TEMPERATURE
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ANTERIOR PATHWAY
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ITCH PRESSURE AND TICKLE
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DORSAL COLLUMN
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FINE TOUCH AND LIMB POSITION
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SPINOCEREBELLAR
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POSTURE
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BASAL NUCLEI
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MOTOR COORDINATION SYSTEM
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LIMBIC SYSTEM
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CONTROLS EMOTION AND MOOD
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DIRECT SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS
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CORTICOSPINAL TRACT
CORTICOBULBAR TRACT VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT |
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INDIRECT SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS
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RETICULOSPINAL
RUBROSPINAL UNCONSCIOUS MOVEMENT |
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CORTICOSPINAL PATHWAY
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VOLUNTARY BODY MOVEMENT BELOW THE NECK
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CORTICOBULBAR
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VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT OF THE FACE AND HEAD
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RETICULOSPINAL
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POSTURE ADJUSTMENT
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RUBROSPINAL
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MOVEMENT COORDINATION
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GANGLION
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A GROUP OF NERVE CELL BODIES OUTSIDE THE CNS
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ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING
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FROM INSECTICIDES USED IN AGRICULTURE AND CHEMICAL WARFARE
SYMPTOMS INCLUDE ANXIETY, RESTLESSNESS, TREMOR, HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, CIMS, AND SIEZURES |
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LIMBIC SYSTEM
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A SERIES OF NUCLEI IN THE CEREBRUM, DIENCEPHALON AND SUPERIOR BRAIN STEM CONTOLLING MOOD, EMOTION AND MEMORY
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RETICULAR SYSTEM
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DIFFUSE NETWORK OF NUCLEI IN THE BRAIN STEM RESPONSIBLE FOR "WAKING UP" YOUR CEREBRAL CORTEX
VITAL TO MAINTAIN CONSCIOUS AWARENESS OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS |
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SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
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POOL OF BLOOD BETWEEN THE DURA MATER AND ARACHNOID MATER IN SUBDURAL SPACE.
CAUSED BY HEAD INJURIES CAN CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE AND DEATH |
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VENTRICLES
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THE CAVITIES IN THE BRAIN
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LATERAL VENTRICLE 1 AND 2
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IN THE CEREBRUM
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3RD VENTRICLE
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IN THE DIENCEPHALON
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4TH VENTRICLE
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INFERIOR PART OF THE BRAIN BETWEEN THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA AND THE CEREBELLUM
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BURR HOLES
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HOLES DRILLED BY A PHYSICIAN TO RELEIVE PRESSURE FROM A HEMATOMA
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PRIMARY SOMATIC SENSORY CORTEX
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CONTAINS NEURONS THAT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE CONSCIOUS SENSATION
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PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX
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LOCATED IN THE PRECENTRAL GYRUS IN FRONTAL LOBE
CONTAINS MAP OF THE BODY PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT CONTROL |
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SOMATIC MOTOR SYSTEM
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CONTROLS VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT UNDER ORDERS FROM THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
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SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES
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NUCLEI
THALAMUS CEREBELLUM |
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ALPHA 1
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CONSTRICTION - ARTERIOLES
CONSTRICTION - VEINS MYDRIASIS - EYE EJACULATION - PENIS |
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ALPHA 2
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INHIBITION OF PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS
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BETA 1
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HEART - INCREASED HEART RATE, CONDUCTIVITY, AUTOMATICITY, CONTRACTILITY
KIDNEY - RENIN REALEASE |
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BETA 2
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BRONCHODILATION - LUNGS
DILATION - ARTERIOLES INHIBITION OF CONTRACTIONS - UTERUS TREMORS - SKELETAL MUSCLE |
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DOPAMINERGIC
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VASODIALATION IN KIDNEY HEART AND BRAIN
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