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| What lobe is BROCA's AREA in? What problem does damage to Broca's area cause? |
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| FRONTAL LOBE, problems EXPRESSING speech (B's APHASIA) |
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| Inability to plan a sequence of movements like making coffee. |
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| Persistance of a single thought over and over and over again... |
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| Inability to focus on a task. |
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| Damage to frontal lobe caused what changes in Phinneas Gage? |
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| MOOD and PERSONALITY but not mobility, memory or speech. |
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| What are some functions of the PARIETAL lobe? |
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| primary somatosensory cortex, visual attention, touch perception, GOAL directed VOLUNTARY movements, object manipulation, sensory integration for the purpose of understanding a single concept. |
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| Inability to name an object. |
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| Inability to locate words for WRITING. |
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| lack of certain body parts and or surrounding space. |
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| Functions of OCCIPITAL LOBE: |
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| Primary visual cortex (color, objects, fields of vision) |
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| Functions of TEMPORAL LOBE: |
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| Hearing ability, memory acquisition, SOME visual perceptions nad categorization of objects. SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS and persistent TALKING. |
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| Difficulty recognizing FACES. |
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| What is WERNICKE'S APHASIA? Where is WERNICKE's area? |
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| Difficulty understanding SPOKEN WORDS. TEMPORAL LOBE. |
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| Functions of the BRAIN STEM: |
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| breathing, heart rate, swallowing, sleeping, alertness, ANS |
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| Functions of the CEREBELLUM and BASAL GANGLIA |
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| Motor function--coordination and movement. |
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| Sustained, involuntary twisting movements. |
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| increased muscle resistance to passive movement. |
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| What is SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS? |
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| Extreme rigidity of head pushed up and to the side. |
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| What is TARDIVE DYSKINESIA? |
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| Involuntary movement of the trunk, face and extremities. |
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| Name the structures of the LIMBIC SYSTEM, where are they located? |
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| Fornix, Hippocampus (Memory, secretes cortisol), Amygdala (reward/punishment), Septal Nucleus-- FOREBRAIN>DIENCEPHALON |
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| Name the structures of the BASAL GANGLIA, where are they located (what is their main function)? |
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| CAUDATE NUCLEUS and PUTAMEN, GLOBUS PALLADUS, FOREBRAIN>TELENCEPHALON>BASAL GANGLIA (MOTOR FUNCTIONS!!!!) |
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| What is the THALAMUS function and where is it located? |
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| FOREBRAIN>DIENCEPHALON> Relay system for all sensory and motor information |
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| What is the function of the HYPOTHALAMUS and where is it located? Name ONE feat. of the hypothalamus related to the body's master clock? |
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| FOREBRAIN>DIENCEPHALON> the REGULATOR of all behaviors critical to survival like hydration, appetite, ANS, etc. [SUPRACHAISMIC NUCLEUS] |
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| What is the purpose of the PINEAL GLAND and where is it located? |
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| MODULATES light and dark rhythms via MELATONIN and is in the diencephalon. |
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| What is the primary site of DOPAMINE synthesis? |
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| Substantia Nigra (Midbrain>Tegmentum) |
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| What is the primary site of SERATONIN synthesis? |
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| Raphe Nucleus (Hindbrain>Metencephalon>PONS) |
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| What is the primary site of NOREPINEPHRINE synthesis? |
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| Locus Coerleus (Hindbrain>Metencephalon>PONS) |
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| What is the area of the brain outside the BBB called? |
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| Area Posterema (Hindbrain>Metencephalon>PONS) |
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| Name the 4 structures in the Diencephalon part of the FOREBRAIN: |
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| Limbic system, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Pineal Gland, OPTIC CHIASM |
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| Whare are the 2 types of glial cells? |
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| MICROglia (phagocytes) and MACROglia (Schwann, Oligo, and Astro-cytes) |
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| Name the 9 maintenance and support functions of GLIAL CELLS: |
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| Phagocytose debris, Support/structure, insulate groups of neurons, Myelin Sheath, form the BBB, Buffer potassium/remove transmitters from ECF, guide neuron migration during brain dev, Secrete Neurotrophins, Provide Nutrients for neurons |
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| What are 3 functions of ASTROCYTES? |
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| Hold neurons in place with star shape, provide nutrients, digest dead neurons,secrete neurotrophins and modify/communicate signals. |
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