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| Exteroceptive sensory system |
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| the auditory somatosensory olfactory and gustatory systems. |
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| area of the sensory cortex that receives most of its input directly from the thalamic relay nuclei of that system. |
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| system comprise the areas of the sensory cortex that receive most of their input from the primary sensory cortex of that system or from other areas of the secondary sensory cortex of the same system. |
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| any are of cortex that receives input from more than one sensory system |
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| the process of detecting the presence of stimuli |
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| the higher-order process of integrating recognizing and interpreting complete patterns of sensation. |
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| mathematical procdure for breaking down complex waves into their component sine waves |
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| small bones of the middle ear: malleus (hammer), incus (anvil) and stapes(stirrup) |
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| the medium from the stapes to the fluid of the cochlea |
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| the membrane that runs inside of the cochlea aka auditory receptor nerve. |
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| Basilar Membrane, tectorial membrane and hair cells |
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| hair cells are mounted on basilar membrane and tectorial membrane rests on the hair cells |
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| branch of cranial nerve VIII that carries auditory signals from the hair cells in the basilar membrane |
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| a sudden onset cerebrovascular disorder that causes brain damage |
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| disruption of blood supply(lack of blood flow to an area) |
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| weakened point in a blood vessel that makes a stroke more likely. |
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| Thrombosis (cerebral ischemia) |
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| embolism (cerebral ischemia) |
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| plug forms elsewhere and moves to the brain |
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| arteriosclerosis (cerebral ischemia) |
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| wall of blood vessels thicken, usually due to fatty deposits |
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| closed-heads injuries that involve damage to the cerebral circulatory system |
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| when there is a disturbance of consciousness following a blow to the head and no evidence of structural damage. |
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| the resulting inflammation from brain infection |
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| produce a syndrome of insanity and demntia known as general paresis |
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| chronic insanity produced by a neurotoxin |
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| organization of the auditory system |
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| the receptive organs of the vestibular system |
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| carries information about the direction and intensity of head movements, which helps us maintain our balance |
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| medullary nuclei that play a role in sound localization |
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| structures of the tectum that receive auditory input from the superior olives |
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| the auditory thalamic nuclei that receive input from the inferior colliculi and project to primary auditory cortex |
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| neuron endings with no specialized structures on them that are hella sensitive to temperature and pain |
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| largest and deepest cutaneous receptors; they respond immediately to sudden displacements in the skin. |
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| identification of objects by touch |
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| area of the body that is innervated by the left and right dorsal roots of a given segment of the spinal cord |
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| Dorsal-column medial-lemniscus system |
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| tends to carry information about touch and proprioception |
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| tends to carry information about pain and temperature |
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| inability to recognize things by touch |
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| failure to recognize one's own body parts |
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| failure of neuropsychological patients to recognize their own symptoms |
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| anterior cingulate cortex |
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| cortical area that has been linked to experience pain |
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| accounts for the ability of cognitive and emotional factors to block pain. |
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| internally produced opiate analgesics |
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| symptom is seizures; generated by their own brain dysfunction |
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| a movement disorder that is associated with degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostricatal pathway. |
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| a progressive terminal disorder of motor and intellectual function that is produced in adulthood by a dominant gene. |
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| progressive disease that attacks the myelin of axons in the CNS |
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| the major cause of dementia in old age, characterized by neurofibrillary tangles, amyloid plaques and neuron loss. |
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| localized collection of clotted blood in an organ |
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| genetic disorder that is caused by a genetic accident usaully taking place during ovulation. |
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| a seizure that doesn't involve entire brain. |
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| are partial seizures whose symptoms are primarily sensory or motor or both |
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| seizures often restricted to the temporal lobes |
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| seizures involving entire brain |
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| seizure causing loss consciousness, loss of awareness and tonic clonic convulsions |
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| seizure associated with a disruption of consciousness that leads to cessation of ongoing behavior (vacant look, fluttering eyelids) |
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| the progressive development and intensification of convulsions elicited by a series of periodic brain stimulations |
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| regrowth of damaged neurons |
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| the degeneration of the distal segment |
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| the segment of a cut axon between the cut and the synaptic terminal |
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| degeneration of the proximal segment |
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| segment of a cut axon between the cut and the cell body |
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| transneuronal degeneration |
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| when generation spreads from a damaged neuron to another neuron that are linked by synapses |
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| promote regeneration in the mammalian PNS by producing both neurotrophic factors and cell-adhesion molecules. |
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| amputees who continue to experience pain |
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