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10 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Meninges
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AKA Brain Membrains
1. Pia matter - inner 2. Arachnoid - middle 3. Dura matter - leathery outer layer |
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Reticular formation
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Connects all major neural tracts to/from the brain
RAS : attention and conscious behavior injury --> sleep disturbances, consciousness disorders (coma) |
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Midbrain
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Superior colliculi - vision processing
Inferior colliculi - audition substantia nigra - dopamine-rich area that projects to basal ganglia injury --> paralysis, tremor, impaired memory |
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Basal Ganglia
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Includes caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus
Translates cognition into motor action injury --> abnormal involuntary movement |
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Limbic System
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Includes amygdala, cingulate gyrus, hippocampus
Involved in emotion, motivation, and memory |
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Cingulate cortex
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Attention, response selection, pain, emotional behavior
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MAKE SURE TO LOOK AT THIS!
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Which is input/output system?
a. Posterior regions b. Anterior regions |
a. Posterior regions = input systems, sensation perception
b. Anterior regions = output systems, execution of behavior |
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Broca's versus Wernicke's area
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a. Broca's - production of speech, anterior
b. Wernicke's - comprehension of speech, posterior |
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Prefrontal cortex
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Where all information is synthesized and leads to behavior
Involved in attetion Behavioral problems w/ prefrontal damage: 1. Problems of starting 2. Problems w/ behavioral shifts 3. Problems in stopping 4. Deficient self-awareness 5. Concrete attitude |