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18 Cards in this Set
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What are the two divisions of the Nervous System, and what do they include?
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Central nervous system (CNS -- includes brain and spinal cord) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS--includes cranial nerves, spinal nerves and peripheral ganglia)
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What are the two main subdivisions of the PNS, and what do they control?
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(1) Somatic Nervous System -- voluntary motor movement of skeletal muscles and (2) Autonomic Nervous System -- automatic bodily functions...smooth muscles and glands
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What are the two subsystems of the Autonomic Nervous System and what do they control
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(1) Sympathetic Nervous system -- fight or flight related functions (i.e increased hr, breathing etc..) and (2) Parasympathetic Nervouse system -- energy conserving (relaxing) functions such as slowed hr, bp, breathing, and increasing digestion & elimination
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What is/causes quadriplegia?
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All four limbs paralyzed -- caused by severing of spinal cord between C1 and C5
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What is/causes paraplegia?
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Paralyzed legs -- caused by severing of spinal cord at T1 or below
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What is/causes hemiplegia?
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Paralysis of 1/2 of the body (right OR left side)
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What is/causes paresis?
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limb weakness, happens when spinal cord damaged but not severed, reflexes still intact
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What happens if the spinal cord is severed at C6 or C7?
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paraplegia and partial paralysis of arms
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Name the four lobes of the cerebrum and their functions
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Frontal lobes -- Executive functions, Motor activity, personality
Parietal Lobes-somatasensory info, Temporal Lobes -- auditory processing, emotional behavior and memory Occipital Lobe -- vision |
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What does the left vs. right hemisphere govern?
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Left -- language, analytical/logical thinking, abstract thinking
Right -- visual/spatial, artistic, musical perceptual, intuition |
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What is and what causes Gerstmann's syndrome?
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lesions of the dominant parietal lobe
AADA: includes agraphia, acalculia, right-left disorientation and finger agnosia |
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What is the function of the Thalamus?
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Relay Center -- integrates info from all the senses except smell and projects to appropriate areas
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?
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THE FIVE F's: Homeostasis -- regulating endocrine system i.e. fever (temperature), feeding (hunger & thirst), fornicating (sex), fighting (aggression), and and falling asleep (sleep/wake cycle)
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What is the function of the pituitary?
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normal and abnormal growth, as well as influencing other endocrine glands
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What is the function of the Limbic System?
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Emotiona behavior (i.e. aggression0
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What's included in the Limbic system?
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hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, septum, parts of the thalamus, parts of frontal and temporal lobes
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What is Kluver-Bucy syndrome and what causes it?
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damage to teh amygdala causes placidity, apathy, hypersexuality, and agnosias
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What happens when the septum is damaged?
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Septal Rage
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