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Neurological systems
organization of the nervous system
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Health Care
Graduate
12/16/2011

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Term
Frontal Lobe
Definition
Precentral Gyrus- Primary motor cortex
Prefrontal Cortex- emotions, judgment
Broca's area- motor for speech
Term
Parietal Lobe
Definition
Postcentral Gyrus- primary sensory cortex
integrates senses
Term
Temporal Lobe
Definition
Auditory, association for audio,
Term
Wernicke's area
Definition
temporal lobe
Language comprehension (language comprehension)
Term
Occipital Lobe
Definition
Vision cortex
Term
Limbic System
Definition
Basic life support, instincts,
Term
White Matter
Definition
Myelinated neurons- affected by MS
Term
Basal ganglia
Definition
movement coordination
Affected by Parkinson's Huntington's
Term
CSF pressure
Definition
70-180 MM HG
Term
Upper Motor Neuron Damage
Definition
spasticity, hyperreflexia, positive Babinski and Hoffman signs
Term
Lower Motor Neuron Damage
Definition
muscle paralysis, areflexia, tone issues, weakness
Term
Dorsal Column/Medial Lemniscus
Definition
proprioception, vibration, tactile
Sensory (ascending
Term
Spinothalamic Tract
Definition
pain, temperature, crude touch
Ascending sensory
Term
Spinocerebellar Tract
Definition
Proprioception, touch,
Ascending sensory
Term
Spinoreticular
Definition
Pain
Ascending sensory
Term
Corticospinal
Definition
Voluntary motor control
Term
Vestibulospinal
Definition
muscle tone, postural reflexes
Term
Rubrospinal
Definition
CONTRALATERAL
assists motor functions
Term
Reticulospinal
Definition
reflexes from pain
Term
Tectospinal
Definition
turns head responding to vision
Term
Thoracolumbar
Definition
SNS
Term
Craniosacral
Definition
Parasympathetis
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