Cerebellum

The cerebellum receives signals from all over the body and coordinates motor movements. It is also used when we learn new motor skills like driving. Damage to the cerebellum can lead to asynergia, which is the loss of coordination of motor movement, as well as adiadochokinesia, which is the inability to move rapidly. The cerebellum is shaded in orange in Figure 1. The Hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe…

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system for most living things. There are only a few animals that do not have a brain like starfish or jellyfish. The brain is located in the head. It receives messages from other organs. The brain is the most complex organ. In a human, the cerebral cortex has more than a billion neurons. Each of these neurons are connected by synapses. These synapses are connected to several thousand other neurons. Neurons communicate with one…

gross anatomy is "the branch of anatomy that deals with the structure of organs and tissues visible to the naked eye " Our brain is Composed of three main structural division the cerebrum the Brain stream and the cerebellum, the cerebrum' gross anatomy: our cerebrum is the largest component of the Brain with a right and left hemisphere joined together by white matter fibres. This part of the brain is further divided into 4 lobes: frontal , parietal , temporal and occipital lobe. Each lobe of the…

Cortex. With each part comes its functions. For hindbrain the parts are medulla, cerebellum, and pons. For forebrain the functions are the limbic system, thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, and cerebral cortex. And last the cerebral cortex, the sections are occipital lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, and frontal lobe. The hindbrain is located at the rear of the skull. Hindbrain has three parts: medulla, cerebellum, and pons. The medulla controls breathing, regulating reflexes, and…

language, the ability to recognize faces known as prosopagnosia, and the processing of sensory information. Damage to the cerebellum will affect movement, such as the manner in which people walk, and muscle tone. Movement will become more uncoordinated, speech will become more slurred and difficult to understand. The cerebellum is also connected to the cerebrum, so damage to the cerebellum may disrupt functions of other parts of the brain. Injury to the brainstem affects an individual's ability…

regions. Failure of certain brain regions (e.g., the corpus callosum) to develop. Failure of certain cells to migrate to their appropriate locations during embryonic brain development. A tendency for the tissue to die in some brain regions (e.g., the cerebellum). "Prenatal Exposure To Alcohol." Alcohol Research & Health 24.1 (2000): 32. Academic Search Complete. Web. 18 Oct.…

Chiari Malformation Chiari Malformation is, “a condition in which brain tissue extends into the spinal canal”. There are as many as 200,000 diagnoses each year in the United States (Clinic). With this, there is a wide range of people who are affected by this disorder varying from ages, gender, and nationality. Many of those diagnosed, result in surgery for treatment to get rid of the symptoms. Chiari is a horrible condition that affects many and is known to impact lives in various ways. Chiari…

pathway (Wilkinson and Lennox 2005) in the corticobulbar tract which innervates the cranial nerves and the cerebellum (Bethoux et al 2013). Lesions on the upper motor neurone pathway/ corticobulbar tract would typically cause the spastic symptoms that the client is showing e.g. slower rate of speech, increased muscle tone and imprecise consonants (Weismer 2006) and lesions in the cerebellum would explain the ataxic dysarthria symptoms…

#2 Describe in detail the structure and function of any of the following: the nervous system, the brain, the endocrine system. Include charts with you description if you desire. Simple moments, decisions or reactions all have one thing in common, the brain. The brain is the control center for human’s entire body, giving signals at all times on what to do or how to respond. Nerves that connect your body to the brain are responsible for gather information to give to the spinal cord to give to…

information and to relay this information to the cerebellum in order to coordinate movement of the distal limbs. (Barker et al 2012) There are two pathways which make up the spinocerebellar tract: - Dorsal spinocerebellar tract: this conveys the sensory information from the hindlimb muscle spindle receptors to the cerebellum. - Ventral spinocerebellar tract: this conveys the sensory information from the spinal cord and its interneurons, to the cerebellum. (Barker et al 2012) With cervical…