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21 Cards in this Set
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Skull, spinal column, and meninges function...
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Provide protective housing and structure to the central nervous system
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Two Sub-Divisions of the Central Nervous System
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1. Somatic
2. Autonomic |
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Somatic division is primarily concerned with...
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Sensory and/or motor processing of the skin and striated skeletal muscles.
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Somatic division of the central nervous system primarily controls...
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The relation between the body and the external environment.
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The autonomic nervous system is involved with..
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1. Sensory processing of internal organs
2. Sensory-motor control of smooth muscles and glands |
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Autonomic Nervous System contributes mainly to...
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1. Regulation of internal bodily function so that we can achieve homeostasis
2. Biases the somatic division towards action or inaction |
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Central nervous system (in it's longitudinal axis) includes...
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1. Hemispheres (Telencephalon)
2. Two thalami and the hypothalamus (Diencephalon) 3. Brainstem and cerebellum (Rhombencephalon) 4. Spinal Cord |
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Right and Left Hemisphere
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Telencephalon
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Two thalami and the hypothalamus
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Diencephalon
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Brainstem and cerebellum
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Rhombencephalon
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Spinal Cord
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Spinal Cord
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Space limitation in the skull explains...
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1. The formation of loves and gyri
2. "Kinks" in the brainstem stem as a way of fitting a large CNS into small confines |
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What do the skull and spinal column contain?
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The skull and spinal cord
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What is the brain made up of?
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1. Two hemispheres
2. Brianstem 3. Cerebellum |
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What encases the 2 hemispheres, brainstem, and cerebellum?
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The Calivarium
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What does the calivarium not include?
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1. The jaw (mandible)
2. Bones that provide structure to the face (Zygomatic bone, Zygomatic process, ethmoid bone, the palate) 3. Bones that serve as points of attachment for oro facial musculature (Medial and lateral pterygoid process, styloid process) |
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Bones that provide structure to the face (3)
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1. Zygomatic bone & Zygmatic process
2. Ethmoid bone 3. Palate |
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Bones that serve as points of attachment for oro facial musculature (3)
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1. Medial pterygoid process
2. Lateral pterygoid process 3. Styloid Process |
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What bones make up the dome of the skull?
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1. Frontal (vertical portion) bone
2. Parietal bones |
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What bones make up the base of the skull?
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1. Occipital bone
2. Temporal bone 3. Sphenoid bone 4. Ethmoid bone 5. Frontal (horizontal portion) |
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How does the saggital suture run?
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Antero-posteriorly above the longitudinal fissure that separates the two cerebral hemispheres
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