Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-location foramen magnum
-cardiovascular/respiratory centers
-motor/sensory decussation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-superior to medulla
-part of respiratory center |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-superior to pons
-auditory/visual reflex centers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-superior to midbrain, inferior to corpus callosum
-relay center for all sensations except smell |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-nuclei control sleep/wake cycle and eating
-controls autonomic NS
-connections with pituitary gland |
|
|
Term
| Reticular Activating System (RAS) |
|
Definition
-column of neurons in brain stem from thalamus to medulla
-maintain conscious state (coma when injured) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
initiates movement in an adult
controls movements in newborns |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
involved in gross movements
( Parkinson's when damaged) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-formed by many parts of the brain
-sex drive and major memory center |
|
|
Term
| Fasciculus gracilis and cuneatus |
|
Definition
-sensory pathway
-origin-spinal cord
-decussation-medulla
-destination-area 3,1,2
-synapse in thalamus |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
motor pathway
-origin-area 4
-decussation-medulla
-destination-spinal cord |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-lateral ventricle
-third ventricle
-cerebral aqueduct
-fourth ventricle
-subarachnoid space |
|
|
Term
| poliomyelitis (lower motor neuron lesion)symptoms |
|
Definition
-flaccid paralysis
-reflex absent
-muscle atrophy |
|
|
Term
| cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke or upper motor neuron lesion) symptoms |
|
Definition
-spastic paralysis
-relxes intact
-Babinski response |
|
|
