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42 Cards in this Set
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3 layers of the Meninges in order (DAP)
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Dura, Arachnoid, Pia
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Which fissure separates the hemispheres of the cerebrum?
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Longitudinal
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How many ventricles are there?
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4
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types of reflexes
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simple monosynaptic (kne jerk) withdraw, corssed extensor
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What are the 5 lobes of the cerebrum?
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Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital, Insula
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What are the functions of the thalamus?
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Blood pressure, heart rate, body temp, water and electrolyte balance, hunger, growth sleep, wakefullness
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What are the 4 types of brain waves?
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Alpha, Beta, Theta, Delta
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Nerves that carry impulses fro the peripheral body to the brain or spinal cord
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afferent
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What is a cerebrovascular accident?
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Stroke
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What part of the body does the Brachial plexus supply?
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muscles and skin of the arms, forearms and hands
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What is a cerebrovascular accident caused by?
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interruption in blood flow to the brain (ruptured vessel or clot)
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Two types of sleep
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Slow wave, Rapid eye movement (REM)
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What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?
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sympathetic and parasympathetic
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Nerves that cary impulses out of the brain or spinal cord to the muscles or glands
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efferent
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What part of the brain secretes CSF?
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choroid plexus
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3 parts of the brain stem
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mid brain, pons, medulla oblongata
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What is the function of the CSF?
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nutrition, protection, maintain stable ion concentrations
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Tract of the spinal cord that conducts sensory impulses to the brain
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Ascending Tract
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What part of the mature brain is the largest>
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Cerebrum
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Which fissure separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum?
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Transverse
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What structure connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres?
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corpus callosum
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What part of the body does the Cervical plexus supply?
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muscles and skin of the neck
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What are the two types of memory?
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short term long term
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What are the five parts of the spinal reflex?
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Receptor, Sensory (afferent) neuron, Inter neuron, motor (efferent) neuron, effector (muscle or gland)
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What are the two parts of the diencephalon?
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thalamus, hypothalamus
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What are the functions of the Limbic system?
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controls emotions, produces feelings, interprets sensory impulses (flight or freeze)
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Trat of the spinal cord that conducts motor impulses from the brain to the motor neurons of the muscles and glands
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Descending tract
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What are the two roots in the spinal nerves?
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Dorsal (sensory) Ventral (motor)
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What are the 3 plexuses of the body?
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Cervical, Brachial, Lumbrosacral
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Two divisions of the Autonomic nervous system
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Sympathetic, parasympathetic
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What kind of matter surrounds the other in the brain?
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gray surrounds white
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What part of the body does the Lubrosacral plexus supply?
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muscles and skin of the thigh, legs and feet
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Tree like pattern of white matter in the cerebellum
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arbor vitae
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How many spinal nerves are there?
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31 pairs
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What is the function of the association area of the cerebrum?
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neither primarily sensory or motor, analyze and interepret sensory experiences
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What are the two types of nerves that arise from the spinal cord?
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Cranial, spinal
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Area where parietal, temporal and occipital association areas join
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Wernicke's area----complex thought processing, thoughts, read and understand words
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Area that coordinates complex muscular actions of the mouth, tongue and larynx
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Broca's area---speech
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How many cranial nerves are there?
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12
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The thin layer of gray matter on the outermost portion of the cerebrum
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Cerebral Cortex
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What types of areas are fouind on the cerebral cortex?
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Sensory, Associaton and Motor
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What kind of matter surrounds the other in the spinal cord?
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white surrounds gray
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