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