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| what color is gray matter in the brain sections |
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| what color is white matter in the brain sections |
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| why do axons appear whiter than cell bodies? |
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| myelinated axons have a high fat content which makes them appear white |
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| what system of the brain are cingulate gyri a part of? |
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| what separates the 2 cerebral hemispheres? |
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| what is the corpus collosum? |
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| a large axon tract that is an interconnecting pathway between the left and right hemispheres. |
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| what type of axons go through the corpus collosum? |
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| what is the septum pellucidum? |
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| thin septum that separates the lateral ventricles |
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| what divides the temporal lobe from the frontal lobe? |
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| in the lateral fissure/sulcus |
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| what is the insula involved with |
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| what is the mass of gray matter lateral to the lateral ventricles? |
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| what are the caudate nuclei a part of |
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| what does the internal capsule always go between? |
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| what is the shape of the lateral ventricles? |
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| what is the shape of the caudate? |
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| what is the putamen a part of? |
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| what is the internal capsule? |
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| huge tract of axons that project to and from the cortex to the brainstem/spinal cord |
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| what makes up the striatum? |
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| what are the 3 parts of the basal ganglia |
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| caudate, putamen, globus pallidus |
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| what separates the globus pallidus and the putamen from the caudate? |
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| what system is the amygdala a part of and what does it do? |
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| limbic system: plays an important role inemotional experiences |
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| what lobe is the amygdala in? |
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| what is the anterior commissure? |
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| small axon tract that courses between the 2 hemispheres |
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| axon tract that conveys information from the hippocampi to the mamillary bodies |
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| what is the interventricular foramen? |
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| opening between lateral ventricles and 3rd ventricle |
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| what is another name for the interventricular foramen? |
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| what is the thalamus involved in? |
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| relay of both sensory and motor information |
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| what are the 2 regions of the globus pallidus? |
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| globus pallidus internal, globus pallidus exernal |
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| what does the hippocampus play a role in? |
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| what does the internal capsule continue as for its large axon tracts to course into the midbrain? |
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| what sits on top of the midbrain? |
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| what is produced in the substantia nigra? |
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| in what part of the brain are the cerebral peduncles, red nucleus, and substantia nigra found |
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| tail of the corpus callosum |
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| what are the 3 parts of the internal capsule |
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| anterior limb, genu, posterior limb |
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| do axon tracts appear dark or light in the brainstem |
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| why do axon tracts appear dark in the brainstem |
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| what are the cerebral peduncles/ |
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| large axon tracts (corticospinal) found in the midbrain |
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| function of spinothalamic tract |
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| carries pain and temperature up to the brain |
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| function of medial lemniscus |
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| carries mechanical information (pressure, touch, vibration) up to the brain |
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| what are the cerebellar peduncles |
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| axon tracts that project cortical information into the cerebellum |
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| where are the cerebral peduncles |
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| where are the cerebellar peduncles |
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| how does information get from the pons to the cerebellum |
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| through cerebellar peduncles |
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| where are the olivary nuclei and what do they do |
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| in the medulla; relay information to the cerebellum |
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| tracts of corticospinal axons that project to the spinal cord |
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