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Nervous System
Parts and functions of the Nervous System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
06/28/2010

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Gray Commissure
Definition
Allows connection between cells
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Lateral Ventricles, Third Ventricle, Fourth Ventricle
Definition
CSF forms here
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Corpus Callosum
Definition
Connects right and left hemispheres
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Medulla
Definition
Controls basic functions: controls heart and lungs
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Pons
Definition
Controls breathing rate
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Inferior Colliculi
Definition
Controls reflexes of the head and neck due to sound
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Arachnoid Mater

(meninges)

Definition
Drains cerebralspinal fluid back into blood plasma
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Hypothalamus
Definition
Emotion; Regulation of homeostasis
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Central Canal
Definition
Filled with fluid
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Dura Mater

(meninges)

Definition
Hold cerebralspinal fluid; helps prevent movement of the brain within the skull
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Pia Mater

(meninges)

Definition
Holds blood vessels on the surface of the brain
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Visual Cortex
Definition
Interprets Visions (sight)
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Mamillary Body
Definition
Involved in sense of smell and memory
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Cerebral Hemisphere
Definition
Make up most of brain
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Temporal Lobe
Definition
Memory; sense of hearing structures
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Precentral Gyrus
Definition
Mostly motor (where instructions to muscles start)
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Postcentral Gyrus
Definition
Mostly sensory (where body senses perceived)
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Ventral Ramus
Definition
Motor
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Spinal Nerve
Definition
Motor and sensory function
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Ventral Root
Definition
Motor function
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Cerebellum
Definition
Motor functions (body sense)
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Dorsal Root Ganglion
Definition
Passes sensory information to spinal cord
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Thalamus
Definition
Relay sensory impulses to cerebral cortex
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Midbrain
Definition
Responsible for basic vital functions
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Epithalamus
Definition
Secretes Melatonin
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Dorsal Ramus
Definition
Sensory
Term
Dorsal Root
Definition
Sensory functions
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Posterior White Column
Definition
Sensory impulses going to brain
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Optic Nerve
Definition
Sight
Term
Superior Colliculi
Definition
Stimulated by outside stimulus (movement)
Term
Longitudinal Fissure
Definition
Surface Area
Term
Central Sulcus
Definition
Surface Area
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Posterior Median Sulcus, Anterior Median Fissure
Definition
Surface Area
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Posterior (dorsal) Horn, Anteror (ventral) Horn
Definition
Synapse
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Meninges
Definition
The primary function of the meninges is to hold CSF to protect the brain.
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Choroid Plexus
Definition
Tissue that makes CSF in the ventricles
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Cerebral Aqueduct
Definition
Transports CSF; prevents build up on brain
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Arbor Vitae
Definition
Transports impulses in cerebellum
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Olfactory Tract

 

Definition
Where information has been transfered
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Olfactory Bulb
Definition
Where olfactory nerve synapses with new cells (smell)
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