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| the cranial meninges are continuous with ? |
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| name the structures of the cranial meninges |
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the dura mater, thickest and most superficial the middle arachnoid mater, inner most delicate layer the pia mater. |
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| the extensions of the dura mater are? |
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| the falx cerebri, the falx cerebelli, and the tetorium cerebelli |
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| the falx serebri seperates what? |
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| the two hemispheres of cerebrum |
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| the falx cerebelli seperates what? |
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| the two hemispheres of the cerebellum |
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| the tentorium seperates what? |
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| the cerebrum from the cerebellum |
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| the brain stem is made up of three areas? |
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| the mid brain, the pons, and the medulla oblongata. |
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conveys motor impulses from cerebrum to cerebellum and spinal cord. sends sensory impulses from spinal to thalmus regulates auditory and visual reflexes |
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relays nerve impulses related to voluntary skeletal movements from cerebral cortex to cerebellum. also aids in respiration |
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| the medulla oblongata does what? |
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regulates heart rate, regulates respiratory rate, vasocontriction swallow, cough.... |
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| the cerebellum is made up of what? |
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| left lateral lobe, vermis, and right lateral lobe |
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| list some of the functions of the cerebellum |
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coordination of muscle contractions of skeletal muscle contractions maintenance of normal muscle tone posture, and balance. |
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relay station for all sensory impulses except smell, to cerebral cortex |
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| the thalamus regulates and is essential in what? |
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regulates conious recognition of pain and temp and some awareness of light touch and pressure. essential role in cognition. |
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| the epithalamus is superior and posterior to ? |
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| the epithalamus contains ? |
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| the pineal gland and haenuclar nuclei. |
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| the pineal gland secretes what? |
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| the habenular nuclei is involved in what? |
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| involved in olfaction, emotional responses to odor.. |
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| name four things the hypothalamus does. |
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major regulator of homeostasis regulates emotional and behavioral patterns regulates eating and drinking aids in body temp |
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| subthalamus aids in control of? |
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| the largest part of the brain is what? |
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| the cerebrum is seperated into 4 lobes, name em! |
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frontal temporal parietal occipital |
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| general intellect and motor control |
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| the temporal lobe is for? |
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| auditory input and interpretation |
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| the parietal lobe is for? |
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| general sensory input and interpretation |
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| the occipital lobe is for ? |
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| visual imput and interpretation |
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| there are how many brain ventricles? name them.. |
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| 2 lateral ventricles (largest), 3rd ventricle, and 4th ventricle |
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| the what connects the two lateral ventricles to the third ventricle? |
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| the interventricular forament |
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| the third ventricle is inferior to the? |
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| the what passes down the core of midbrain to the 4th ventricle? |
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| the 4th ventricle of the brain is where? |
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| small triangular chamber between pons and cerebellum |
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| on floor or wall of each wall, and the are spongey mass of blood capillaries |
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