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[image]
Name the blue, dark green, and green parts. |
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- Blue: Cerebrum
- Dark green: Cerebellum
- Green: Brainstem |
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What are the 4 components of the central nervous system? |
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- Cerebrum
- Cerebellum
- Brainstem
- Spinal cord
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| The bundle of nerves running from the motor cortex via the spine to your muscles is called the... (three answer possible). |
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- Descending motor pathway
- Corticospinal tract
- Pyramidal tract |
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| The bundle of nerves running from the skin to the sensory centers in the brain is called the... |
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[image]
Fill the right names into the red boxes. |
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- Dura mater
- Arachnoid membrane
- Pia mater |
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| The dura mater is (thicker/thinner) than the pia mater. |
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| - Thick ('pia' means gentle, 'dura' means tough) |
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| Between the arachnoid membrane and pia mater you will find ___. This serves to ___ . |
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- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Protect the brain (brain floats in this fluid) |
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| Ventricles are ___ that contain ___. This is used to ___. |
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- Caverns/holes/empty space
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Clear metabolic waste in the brain |
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| Where in the brain is cerebrospinal fluid created? |
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| Which system is responsible for removing metabolic waste in the brain? |
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| Cranial nerves can be for ___ or ___ inputs/outputs. |
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[image]
The nerves here are ___ nerves.
- The first red box points to ___, which serves to ___.
- The second red box points to ___, which hold ___. |
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- Spinal nerves
- White matter; innervate skin, joints, and muscles
- Spinal cord ganglia; cell bodies of sensory neurons |
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| Briefly describe what the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system are for. |
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- Sympathetic: fight or flight
- Parasympathetic: rest or digest |
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[image]
- Which layer will eventually develop into the nervous system and skin? What is this layer called?
- What is the green section called? What will this develop into? |
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- 4; ectoderm
- Neural plate; neural fold and neural tube |
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[image]
- Which layer will eventually develop into the nervous system and skin? What is this layer called?
- What is the green section called? What will this develop into? |
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- 4; ectoderm
- Neural plate; neural fold and neural tube, which eventually turn into ventricular system |
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Fill in the three red boxes (there's two names for each). |
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- Prosencephalon, forebrain
- Mesencephalon, midbrain
- Rhombencephalon, hindbrain |
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Fill in the red boxes. For each, name two structures that will develop from these regions later on. |
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- Telencephalon; cerebral hemispheres, olfactory bulbs
- Diencephalon; thalamus, hypothalamus |
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| What does the cerebral cortex do? |
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| - Analyses sensory input, commands motor output |
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| What does the thalamus do? |
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Definition
- Its a relay station for sensory information, sends it to the cortex
- Conveys sensory information from contralateral side of body |
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| What does the hypothalamus do? |
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- Control of visceral nervous system (fast, automatic responses)
- Controls neuroendocrine production |
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| What does the basal ganglia do? |
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- Selects motor outputs
- Involved in habitual learning |
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| What are the 4 major grey matter systems? |
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- Cerebral cortex
- Thalamus
- Hypothalamus
- Basal ganglia |
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| Which structures in involved in fast visual processing? Which in fast auditory processing? |
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- Superior colliculus (visual)
- Inferior colliculus (auditory) |
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| What 2 structures does the midbrain develop into? |
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| What structure in the tegmentum creates dopamine? |
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