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| General Functions of the Brain |
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Sensory - receptors detect internal and external changes
Integrative - collects information (makes decisions)
Motor Function - stimulates motor response |
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| Central Nervous System consists of what? |
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| Peripheral Nervous System consist of what? |
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| Cranial nerves and Spinal nerves |
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| What is in a Neuron Structure |
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| Cell Body, Dendrites, Axon, Myelin, Neurilemma |
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| Neurological Cells of the CNS |
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| Microglial cells, Oligodendrocytes, Ependymal, Astrocytes |
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| cerebrum, diencephalon, brainstem, cerebellum |
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| connects the cerebral hemispheres |
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| Lobes of cerebral hemisphere |
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| frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital |
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| interpretation of sensory inut, initiates voluntary movement, memory, reason, intelligence, personality |
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| Thalamus and hypothalamus |
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| normal functions, normal conditions neurotransmitter=acetylcholine |
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| stressful, emergency situations; neurotransmitter=norepinephrine |
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31 pair
mixed nerves
dorsal root=sensory
ventral root=motor |
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12 pair
most are mixed nerves (sensory and motor)
some are somatic and some are autonomic |
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contains 2 hemispheres
*reflex center for integrating sensory information for skeletal muscle movements
*Body posture |
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*transmits all ascending and descending impulses
*holds vital centers such as cardiac, respiratory, blood pressure |
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*relay to cerebrum
*regulates rate and depth of breathing |
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*between diencephalon and pons
*bundles of nerve fibers
*reflex center for eye and head |
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| Central relay station for sensory input |
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regulates heart rate and BP
body temp, hunger, hormones, sleep |
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| emotion, expression - pineal gland and mammillary bodies |
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Higher brain function
Interpretation of sensory input
initiates voluntary movement
memory, reasoning, intelligence, personality |
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| outside layer of brain, grey matter, integration takes place |
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| inside layer of brain, white matter, connects to other parts of brain |
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| Dura Mater, Arachnoid Mater, Pia Mater, Subarachnoid space, Cerebrospinal Fluid |
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| outermost layer - attached to the skull (Meninges) |
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| middle layer - (Meninges) |
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| innermost membrane - clings to the surface of the brain and spinal cord (meninges) |
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| space between arachnoid mater and pia mater filled with cerebrospinal fluid |
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| protective watery cushion around brain and spinal cord |
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