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Nervous System
Cranial nerves, spinal nerves, spinal cord, and brain
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08/24/2010

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Term

What seven cranial nerves are involved in speech, language, and hearing?

 

Numbers and Names

Definition

V Trigeminal Nerve

 

VII Facial Nerve

 

VIII Acoustic (vestibulocochlear)

 

IX Glossopharyngeal

 

X Vagus

 

XI Spinal Accessory

 

XII Hypoglossal

Term

 

V

Definition

Trigeminal

 

 

Face(sensory); jaw(movement)

Term

 

 

VII

Definition

 

 

Facial

 

 

Tongue(sensory); face(motor)

Term

 

 

VIII

Definition

 

 

Acoustic

 

Hearing and Balance(sensory)

Term
IX
Definition
Glossopharyngeal

Tongue and pharynx(sensory); pharynx only (motor)
Term
X
Definition
Vagus

Larynx, respiratory, cardiac, and gastrointestinal systems (sensory & motor)
Term
XI
Definition

Asscessory

 

 

Shoulder, arm, and throat movements (motor)

Term
XII
Definition

hypoglossal

 

mostly tongue movements (motor)

Term
Trigeminal
Definition

V

 

Face(sensory); jaw(motor)

Term
Facial
Definition

VII

 

Tongue(sensory); face (motor)

Term
Acoustic
Definition

VIII

 

Hearing and balance (sensory)

Term
Glossopharyngeal
Definition
IX

Tongue and pharynx (sensory; pharynx only (motor)
Term
Vagus
Definition
X

Larynx, respiratory, cardiac, and gastrointestinal systems (sensory and motor)
Term
Accessory
Definition

XI

 

Shoulder, arm, and throat movements (motor)

Term
Hypoglossal
Definition

XII

 

mostly tongue movements (motor)

Term
What nervous system are the cranial nerves a part of?
Definition
Peripheral Nervous System
Term
Peripheral Nervous System
Definition
collection of nerves that are outside of the skull and spinal column that carry sensory and motor impulses.
Term
What is the Peripheral Nervous System made of?
Definition
Cranial Nerves

Spinal Nerves

Autonomic Nervous System
Term
What is the Central Nervous System made of?
Definition
Spinal Cord

Brain
Term
Name the spinal nerves and how many of each pair.
Definition
Cervial 8

Thoracic 12

Lumbar 5

Sacral 5

Coccygeal 1
Term
What is the autonomic nervous system?
Definition
part of PNS that controls and regulates our heartbeat and smooths muscles and various glands that secrete hormones.
Term
What makes up the Brain Stem?
Definition

Midbrain

 

Pons

 

Medulla

 

Spinal Cord

Term
Midbrain
Definition

connects the brain stem and cerebellum together

 

Substantia nigra runs the vertical length of the midbrain

Term
Pons
Definition
Bridges the two halves of the cerebellum together
Term
Medulla
Definition
Uppermost portion of the spinal cord that contains all the fibers that originate in the cerebellum and cerebrum and move downward to form the spinal cord
Term
Reticular Activating System
Definition

 structure withing the midbrain, brain stem, and upper portion of the spinal cord that integrates motor impulses flowing out of the brain with sensory impulses flowing into it.

 

 

ATTENTION and CONSCIOUSNESS

Term
Diencephalon
Definition
Contains thrid ventricle, thalamus, and hypothalmus.
Term
Thalamus
Definition

regulates sensory and motor impulses

 

Maintence of CONSCIOUSNESS and ALERTNESS

Term
Hypothalamus
Definition

integrates actions of the ANS

 

Controls EMOTIONS

Term
Basal Ganglia
Definition

GRAY MATTER

 

Receive input primarly from the FONTAL LOBE and relay information back to higher centers of the brain via THALAMUS.

 

EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM

Term

 

Substania Nigra

Definition
functionally realted to basal ganglia important for motor movements involved with speech.
Term
Lesions in Basal Ganglia
Definition
Result in unusual body postures (dysarthria), changes in body tone, and involuntary and uncontrolled movements (dyskinesias) that interfere witha person's votuntary attempts to walk, speak, or do many other activities.
Term
Cerebellum
Definition
"Little Brain"

Two different hemisphere that are different from the two hemispheres of the cerebrum.

Regulates equilibrium (balance), body posture, and coordinated fine-motor movements.
Term
What damage is the result of lesions to the Cerebellum?
Definition
Ataxia- found in some people with cerebral palsy.

These individuals are likely to show abnormal gait, disturbed balance, and a speech disorder called ATAXIC DYSARTHRIA.
Term
Cerebrum
Definition

"Cerebral Cortex"

 

biggest and most important CNS structure for language, speech, and hearing.

Term
Gyrus
Definition
ridge on the cortex
Term
Sulcus
Definition
shallow  valley in the cortex
Term
Fissures
Definition
deep valleys in the cortex and are boundaries between the broad divisions of the cerebrum.
Term
Longitudinal Fissure
Definition
along the middler of the brain from front to back, and divides the cerebrum into the left and right hemispheres.
Term
Fissure of Rolando "Central Sulcus"
Definition
major fissure, which runs laterally, downward, and forward, and arbitarily divides the anterior from the posterior half of the brain.
Term
Sylvian Fissure
Definition
starts at the inferior portion of the frontal lobe at the base of the brain and moves laterally and upward. Areas surrounding it are important for speech, language, and hearing.
Term
Frontal Lobe
Definition
Anterior portion of the cerebrum.

Critical for the deliberation of plans and intensions that dictate a person's conscious behavior.

Contains primary MOTOR CORTEX and BROCA'S AREA
Term
Damage to the frontal lobe results in?
Definition
Difficulty carrying out consciously organized activity.
Term
Primary Motor Cortex (Motor Strip)
Definition
Located on the precentral gyrus.

Controls voluntary movements of the skeletal muscles on the opposite side of the body
Term
Broca's Area
Definition
"Motor Speech Area"

Anterior to the portion of the primary motor cortex
Term
Parietal Lobe
Definition
Upper sides of the cerebrum behind the frontal lobe and considered to be the "Primary Sensory Area".

Integrates contralateral sensations such as pressure, pain, temperature, and touch.

Contains the Postcentral Gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, and the angular gyrus.
Term
Postcentral Gyrus
Definition
"Sensory Cortex or Sensory Strip"
Term
Supramarginal Gyrus
Definition
inferior portion of the parietal lobe.

Damage to this area can cause CONDUCTION APHASIA and AGRAPHIA a writing disorder
Term
Angular Gyrus
Definition
posterior to the supramarginal gyrus.

Damage to this area can cause writing, reading, and naming difficulties and in some cases, transcortical sensory aphasia.
Term
Occipital Lobe
Definition
Primary Visual Cortex
Term
Temporal Lobe
Definition
Contains primary auditory cortex and auditory association cortex. -Heschl's Gyri


superior temporal gyrus-WERNICKES AREA
Term
Damage to the Superior Temporal Gyrus causes?
Definition
Wernicke's aphasia
Term
Wernicke's Area
Definition

"COMPREHENSION of spoken and written language"

 

superior temporal gyrus

Term
Name the three types of connecting fibers in the brain.
Definition

projection fibers

 

association fibers

 

commissural fibers

Term
Projection Fibers
Definition
Connections between the cortex and subcortical structures like the cerebellum, basal ganglia, brain stem, and spinal cord.
Term
Association Fibers
Definition
connect areas within a hemishpere
Term
Commissural Fibers
Definition
connect the two hemispheres of the cortex
Term
Arcuate Fasiculus
Definition

Association Fiber that connects Broca's and Wernicke's Area.

 

Important for verbal memory, language acquisition, and meaninful language production.

Term
Corpus Callosum
Definition

 commissural fibers that connects the two hemispheres at their base.

 

Damage disconnects the hemispheres, resulting in problems in naming, reading, movement, and others.

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