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What is the function of the parietal lobe?
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Sensation (touch and pain).
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What is the function of the temporal lobe?
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Hearing, smelling, comprehension of speech, memory.
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What is the function of the occipital lobe?
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Vision
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What makes up the brainstem?
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Midbrain
Pons Medulla |
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Every ascending and descending tract goes through __________.
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The brainstem.
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What is reticular formation?
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A group of neurons & their axons that:
Relay sensory information, infleunce excitatory/inhibitorycontrol of spinal motor neurons & control vasomotor & respiratory activity. |
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What is the reticular activating system?
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It is a part of reticular formation & is a component of consciousness.
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What is the function of the Cerebellum?
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Coordinates voluntary movement and is the trunk stability & equilibrium.
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What is CSF?
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Cerbral Spinal Fluid ciculates w/in the subarachnoid space that surrounds the brain, brainstem and spinal cord.
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What is the function of CSF?
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It provides cushioning for the brain & spinal cord.
Carries nutrients. Allows fluid shift from cranial cavity to spinal cavity. It can measure pressure and analysing the composition of CSF is used for diagnostic information. |
