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03/23/2014

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Station #1 Green

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Superior Colliculus Pin location

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Superior Colliculus Function
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Processes simple aspects of visual stimuli
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Station #1 Pink Pin

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Inferior Colliculus pin location

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Inferior Colliculus Function
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Processes some simple aspects of auditory stimuli
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Station #1 Yellow Pin

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Cerebellum Pin Location

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Cerebellum Function
Definition
critical for motor functioning, movements requiring aim and timing, balance
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Station #2 Pink Pin

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Occipital Lobe Pin Location

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Occipital Lobe Function
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Main area for vision
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Station #2 Silver Pin

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Dura Matter Pin Location

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Dura Matter Function
Definition
outermost protective layer
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Station #2 Yellow Pin

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Medial Longitudinal Fissure Pin Location

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Medial Longitudinal Fissure Function
Definition
separates the two hemispheres
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Station #3 Pink Pin

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Cerebral Peduncles Pin Location

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Cerebral Peduncles Function
Definition
motor system fibers from cerebral cortex that project to brainstem areas and to spinal cord.
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Station #3 Green Pin

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Trigeminal Nerve Pin Location

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Trigeminal Nerve Function
Definition
#5. Motor and Sensory. Jaw muscles for chewing, touch and pain sensations in face, hot pepper taste, and blink reflex to stimulus in eye because senses pain.
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Station #4 White Pin

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Pituitary Gland Pin Location

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Pituitary Gland Function
Definition

WHY BILLY LOVES ME <3

 

*Synthesizes and releases hormones

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Station #4 Yellow Pin

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Optic Chiasm Pin Location

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Optic Chiasm Function
Definition
Region where some of the optic nerve fibers cross over to the opposite side of the brain.
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Station #4 Pink Pin

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Optic Nerve Pin Location

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Optic Nerve Function
Definition
#2. Sensory. Vision
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Station #4 Green Pin

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Olfactory Bulb Pin Loaction

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Olfactory Bulb Function
Definition
Input from nose for smell
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Station #5 Yellow Pin

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Medulla Pin Location

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Medulla Function
Definition
controls autonomic functions like breathing, heart beat, and blood pressure
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Station #5 Pink Pin

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Pon Pin Location

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Pons Function
Definition
relays sensory information from cerebellum to cerebrum
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Station #5 Green Pin

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Spinal Accessory Nerve Pin Location

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Spinal Accessory Nerve Function
Definition
#11. Motor. Movement of Neck
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Station #6 White Pin

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Abducens Pin Location

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Abducens Function
Definition
#6. Motor. Side to side eye movements
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Station #6 Green Pin

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Trochlear Pin Location

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Trochlear Nerve Function
Definition
#4. Motor. Rolling outward and downward eye movements
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Station #6 Pink Pin

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Oculomotor Nerve Pin Location

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Oculomotor Nerve Function
Definition
#3. Motor. Pupil Constriction, up-down and side-to-side eye movements
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Station #7 Green Pin

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Frontal Lobe Pin Location

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Frontal Lobe Function
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planning, memory storage; personality; impulse control
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Station #7 Pink Pin

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Parietal Lobe Pin Location

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Parietal Lobe Function
Definition
Monitors all the information about eyes, head, and body positions and passes it on to the parts of the brain that control movement.
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Station #7 Yellow Pin

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Temporal Lobe Pin Location

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Temporal Lobe Function
Definition
Main area for auditory information and some complex facial recognition
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Station #7 Silver Pin

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Pineal Gland Pin Location

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Pineal Gland Function
Definition
Endocrine gland; secretes melatonin which affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns
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5 Divisions of the brain from top to bottom
Definition

Telencephalon

Diencephalon

Mesencephalon

Metencephalon

Myelencephalon

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3 Layers of the Meninges and their differences
Definition

1. Dura Matter: "hard mother"- outermost protective layer

 

2. Arachnoid Membrane: spongy, spider web-like tissue

 

3. Pia Matter: delicate, innermost membrane

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Difference between gray matter and white matter
Definition
gray is nerve cell bodies (somas of nerves), white is finer bundles of neurons- white because of fatty myelin sheath
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Reticular Formation Function
Definition
important for general arousal (respiration centers, muscle tone, heart rate, etc.)
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What structures make up the brain stem?
Definition
Together, the pons and medulla
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Anterior/Rostral direction of the brain
Definition
direction toward the nose end of the brain
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Posterior/Caudal direction of the brain
Definition
direction toward the tail end of the brain
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Dorsal part of the brain
Definition
toward the surface of the back and top of the head
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Ventral part of the brain
Definition
toward the surface of the chest or bottom of the head
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Medial
Definition
direction toward the midline of the body
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Lateral
Definition
Direction away from the midline of the body
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Superior direction
Definition
toward the top of the brain or above another structure
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Inferior direction
Definition
toward the bottom of the brain or below another structure
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Number of pairs of cranial nerves
Definition
12 cranial nerves
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Optic Nerve vs. Optic Tract
Definition
The optic nerve is before the chiasm and the tract is after. In general verves are outside the brain and part of the PNS where as tracts are inside and part of the CNS
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Name the 12 Nerves in order
Definition

1. Olfactory

2. Optic Nerve

3. Oculomotor

4. Tochlear

5. Trigeminal

6. Abducens

7. Facial

8. Stratoacoustic

9. Glossopharyngeal

10. Vagus

11. Spinal Accessory

12. Hypoglossal

Term
Hypoglossal Function
Definition
#12. Motor. Tounge movement ;)
Term
Vagus Function
Definition
#10. Sensory and Motor. Sensations from neck and throat; sensations and motor control of many internal organs (heart, lungs, stomach, etc.)
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Glossopharyngeal Function
Definition
#9. Sensory and Motor. Taste/Sensations for throat and posterior 1/3 of tongue. Control of gag reflex and throat movements during speech
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Stratoacoustic Function
Definition
#8. Sensory. Hearing and equlibrium
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Facial Function
Definition
#7. Motor and Sensory. Control of facial expression muscles; Taste for anterior 2/3 of tongue.
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Afferent
Definition
"Arriving"-going toward the CNS. Carry sensory information from skin, skeletal muscles, joints, eyes, etc. to CNS
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Efferent
Definition
"Exiting"-going away from CNS. Carry motor signals from the CNS to the skeletal muscles
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