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23 Cards in this Set
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What three areas is the brain divided into? |
Forebrain Midbrain Hindbrain |
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What make up the forebrain? |
Cerebrum and diencephalon |
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What does the mid brain comprise of? |
Tectum, tegmentum and cerebral peduncle |
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What does the hindbrain comprise of? |
Pons, medulla oblongata and cerebellum |
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What are the corticol lobes of the cerebrum? |
Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, olfactory lobe |
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What forms the most rostral part of the brain? |
Diencephalon |
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What are the three main parts of the diencephalon? |
Hypothalamus Thalamus Epithalamus |
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What does the pituitary gland consist of? |
Anterior and posterior lobe |
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What does the thalamus comprise? |
A large number of nuclei |
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What is the most dorsal part of the diencephalon? |
Epithalamus containing the pineal gland |
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What are the three meninges? |
Dura mater Arachnoid mater Pia mater |
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What is the outermost membrane? |
Dura mater - largely attached to the periosteum |
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What is the arachnoid mater? |
Consists of large blood vessels supported by tough collagen fibres |
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What is the pia mater? |
A thin, fibrous membrane containing small blood vessels supplying nutrients to nervous tissue |
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What does the brain stem control? |
Breathing, heart rate and blood pressure |
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What does the cerebral cortex do? |
Controls voluntary movement, perception and thought |
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What does the mid brain control? |
Hearing, vision and body movement |
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What does the cerebellum control? |
Movement, balance and posture |
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What does the thalamus do? |
Receives and transmits sensory information to and from the cerebral cortex |
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What structures protect the brain? |
Cerebral spinal fluid, meninges and bone |
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What do birds not have? |
No gyri or sulci and have a reduced olfactory bulb and enlarged optic nerves and optic lobes |
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What are the 12 cranial nerves? |
Olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glosso-pharyngeal, vagus, accessory and hypoglossal |
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Where are most cranial nerves? |
Within the hindbrain, exiting through the foramina |
