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23 Cards in this Set
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When individual nerve cells throughout the brain are stretched and break
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Diffuse axonal injuries
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Decrease in the amount of O2 getting to the brain
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hypoxia
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3 parts of meninges
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Dura Mater
Arachnoid Pia Mater |
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Feature of persons with slow bleeds
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Disorientation, confusion, forgetfulness, and severe headaches/loss of consciousness
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Bleeding into the space between the dura mater and the arachnoid layers of the meninges
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Subdural hematoma
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When individual nerve cells throughout the brain are stretched and break
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Diffuse axonal injuries
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When O2 is stopped from going to the brain
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anoxia
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Where is the limbic system?
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Middle section of the brain on top of the brain stem
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Master relay center for forwarding info, sensations, and movement
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Diencephalon
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What senses does the brain stem NOT affect
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sight and smell
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Involved in many basic living functions.
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medulla
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It contains reflex centers which control many involuntary functions
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Medulla
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Essential for facial movements, facial sensation, hearing, and coordinating eye movements
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Pons
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Bridge of nerve fibers that connect the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum. 'Thinking part' to 'movement part' connection.
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Pons
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Smallest part of the brainstem
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Midbrain
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Elementary forms of seeing and hearing are here
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Midbrain
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Responsible for altertness and arousal
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Midbrain
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Relay station for incoming and outgoing sensory information
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Thalamus
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The thalamus relays all sensory info except from this sense
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smell
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Damage to this part of the brain results in attention and concentration problems, memory storage and retrieval, weakened mental stamina, decreased sensory nfo, difficulty in reacting to stress, and disorders in eating/drinking, sleeping, and sexual functioning.
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Thalamus
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Four nerve cell clusters that handle physical movements by relaying information from the cerebral cortex to the brain stem and cerebellum
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basal ganglia
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Checking system that comes to attention when something is not working the way it should be.
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Basal Ganglia
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Loss of movement
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akinesia
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