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19 Cards in this Set
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Sagittal, frontal, transverse |
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Label |
Posterior, caudal Proximal, lateral, distal |
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Find the words |
Outer, middle, internal, cerebrum, arachnoid, pia, cerebrospinal fluid, blood vessels |
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Label and describe |
Red- Frontal, Blue- Parietal, Green- occipital, Yellow- temporal |
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Describe |
1. Located in cerebral hemisphere 2. Midline space slit/ ikn diencephalon 3. Posterial to ponsto cerebellum |
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Midbrain, pons, medulla, cerebellum (other side) |
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What is the function of CNS? |
- receives info about environment around us - communication and processing of sensory info - control and coordination of body (somatic) - involuntary control of body (autonomic) |
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What is afferent nerve fibre? |
Inwards, towards cns |
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What is efferent nerve fibre? |
Outward, away from cns |
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What are neurons? |
Nerve cells or neurons - fundamental units of NS - communicate through generations of action potentials along acon &synapse between neurons |
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What are the functions of neuron? |
Reception, integration, transmission, transfer of information |
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What is this |
Neuron |
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What is somatic system? |
Somatosensory - conveys all info from skin and musculoskeletal system to brain |
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What is autonomic system? |
Provides bidriectional communication between the brain and smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and gland cells |
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What does the basal ganglia do? |
Controls motor activity through direct, indirect and hyperdirect pathways |
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What does dopamine do? |
Increase excitability of the direct pathway and decrease excitability of the indirect pathway |
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Structure of cerebellum? |
3 lobes Anterior Posterior Flocculondular |
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Functional regions of cerebellum? |
Vestibulocerebellum - regulates equilibrium Spinocerebellum - connections with spinal cord, coordinates gross limb movement Cerebrocerebellum - coordinates distal limb voluntary movement |
