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What does the medial geniculate nucleus (MGN) in the thalamus correspond to?
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auditory system
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What does the hypothalamus regulate?
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many visceral functions in our internal environment (temp, sleep, water balance, hormone secretion, blood pressure, feeding/fullness, ANS, emotional processes)
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What is the embryonic origin of the pituitary?
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dual embryonic origin
anterior - oral ectoderm/rathke's pouch posterior - outgrowth of CNS |
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What has a direct connection to the posterior pituitary? What are the names of two associated nuclei?
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hypothalamus
-paraventricular nucleus -supraoptic nucleus |
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What does the posterior pituitary secrete? (2) What produces them?
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vasopressin
oxytocin produced by magnocellular neurons in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei |
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What neurons/nuclei are associated with the anterior pituitary? What hormones?
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parvocellular neurons in periventricular and arcuate nuclei; releasing and inhibiting factors
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What does ADH do? What does oxytocin do?
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ADH - kidney water retention
Oxytocin - uterine contractions, milk production |
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Where does visual analysis of form and color take place? motion and spatial relations?
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form and color - temporal lobe
motion and spatial relations - parietal lobe |
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What area of the brain is responsible for the contralateral horizontal gaze?
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an area near the middle of the primary motor cortex, in the frontal lobe
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What is the area of the brain responsible for motor speech?
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Broca's area
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Lex orandi lex credendi
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Let the pattern of praying constitute the pattern of believing.
Liturgy requires instruction. lex orandi & lex credendi shape each other - it is a reciprocal relationship The liturgy gets into you and begins to shape you and your thinking |
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What connects Broca's and Wernicke's areas?
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arcuate fasciculus and other peri-Sylvian connections
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What are the language functions of the right hemisphere?
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Broca's area - conveys emotional content in speech
Wernicke's area - understanding the emotional content of someone else's speech |
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What is prosody?
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emotion conveyed by tone of voice
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Where would a patient have weakness and sensory loss with a stroke of the ACA? PCA? MCA?
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ACA - lower body spastic weakness
PCA - primary visual cortex MCA - upper body/speech |
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What is a key term associated with a right MCA stroke? What are 2 tests?
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unilateral neglect of the left visual and somatosensory world; divide a line into two, or draw a clock face
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What is the most important function of the limbic system? What is the major structure?
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memory consolidation; major structure is hippocampal formation
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What adds emotional content to memory?
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the amygdala
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In what lobes are the limbic structures?
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frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes
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What is the cingulate gyrus?
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lower and medial parts of both frontal and parietal lobes, part of limbic system
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What is the amygdala deep to?
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the uncus
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What area of the limbic system is responsible for consolidation enhancement? What does it contain?
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septal area and basal forebrain; contains cholinergic neurons
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What areas of the cortex contain long-term stored memories?
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all areas of the cortex
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What do lesions of the hippocampus cause?
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amnesia
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What do lesions of the amygdala cause?
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causes the patient to become placid
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What are major sites of neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer's patients?
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werneke's area - lang comprehension
basal forebrain - amnesia dilated ventricles gyri are dramatically separated NO weakness or paralysis of motor areas |
