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The CNS (Ch.13)
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
10/08/2011

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Define rostral
Definition
towards the snout
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Define caudal
Definition
towards the tail
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Rostral and caudal compare parts in the ___ ____
Definition
same plane
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What are the four major divisions of the brain?
Definition
Cerebrum, diencephalon, cerebellum, and the brain stem
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What are the five ventricles we need to know?
Definition
lateral ventricles, third ventricle, cerebral aqueduct, fourth ventricle, and the central canal
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Define ventricle
Definition
space in the brain
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What is contained within the brain ventricles?
Definition
CSF
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What are the three protective coverings of the CNS?
Definition
skull, vertebrae, and meninges
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What are the three types of meninges?
Definition
dura mater (most superficial meninx), arachnoid mater (middle meninx), and pia mater (adheres to brain/spinal cord surfaces)
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____ separates the cerebral hemispheres
Definition
falx cerebri
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______ ______ separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum
Definition
Tentorum cerebelli
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Define dural venous sinuses
Definition
space between the two layers of dura mater
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What is the cerebral cortex?
Definition
outer grey matter
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What is the function of it fissure?
Definition
It separates the right and left halves of the brain
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Where is the insula located?
Definition
beneath the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain
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What is the function of the precentral gyrus?
Definition
primary motor cortex
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What is the function of the postcentral gyrus?
Definition
primary somatosensory cortex
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What are the three components of cerebral white matter?
Definition
commisural fibers, associational fibers, and projection fibers
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What is the largest commissural fiber?
Definition
corpus collosum
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What is another name for basal ganglia?
Definition
pink nuclei
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What is the function of the basal ganglia?
Definition
initiates and terminates body movements; suppresses unwanted movements
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What are the three components of the diencephalon?
Definition
Thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus
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The Thalamus is a _____ station
Definition
Relay
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the hypothalamus controls ______
Definition
homeostasis
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What are the three components of the midbrain?
Definition
cerebral peduncles, cerebral aqueduct, and the corpora quadrigemina
Term
Define cerebral peduncles
Definition
composed mostly of motor tracts from the cortex to the cerebellum and spinal cord
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What are the nuclei that form 4 bumps on the dorsal midbrain?
Definition
corpora quadrigemina; superior colliculi control visual reflexes and the inferior colliculi control auditory reflexes
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Define pons
Definition
the bridge between the brainstem and the cerebellum
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What is the ventral brain structure of transversely running fibers?
Definition
the pons
Term
What part of the brain is it impossible to live without?
Definition
the medulla
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What are pyramids?
Definition
motor tracts that form bulges on the anterior surface of the medulla
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What are olives?
Definition
nuclei that form bulges just lateral to the pyramids (sensory relay station)
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What are the three major tracts entering/exiting the cerebellum?
Definition
superior, middle (largest), and inferior cerebellar peduncles
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What are the functions of the cerebellum?
Definition
coordinates and smoothes motor movements, equilibrium and balance, some cognition
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What is the purpose of the flocculonodular lobe?
Definition
Balance and equilibrium
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What are the functions of the anterior and posterior lobes?
Definition
motor coordination
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What are the three functions of the spinal cord?
Definition
sensory and motor innervation of the whole body, two-way conduction between the brain and body; major integration center for reflexes
Term
Where does the spinal cord stop?
Definition
The L1 or L2 vertebra
Term
What are the five major components of the spinal cord?
Definition
conus medillaris, cauda equina, filum terminale, cervical enlargement, and lumbar enlargement
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Why doesn't the spinal cord reach the entire length of the spinal column?
Definition
the spinal column grows faster than the spinal cord
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Spinal nerves are _____ nerves
Definition
mixed; motor and sensory
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What is the arrangement of white matter and grey matter in the spinal cord?
Definition
white matter: external
grey matter: internal
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What is another name for funiculus?
Definition
column
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What part of the spine helps you see which side is the front and which is the back?
Definition
dorsal root ganglion
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somatic motor neurons are in _____ _____
Definition
ventral horns
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Interneurons are in the ___ ____
Definition
dorsal horns
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spinal cord white matter is both ____ and ___
Definition
sensory and motor
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The ascending white matter tracts are "_____" while the descending ones are "____"
Definition
blue; red
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What are the characteristics of the cervical enlargement?
Definition
Largest amount of white matter and large amount of grey matter
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What type of information gets "relayed" to the thalamus?
Definition
sound, olfactory, and somatosensory
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