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CNS final

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The superior colliculi deals with what reflexes?   Visual  
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The inferior colliculi deals with what reflexes?   Auditory  
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Both colliculi use what tract to carry out their reflexes?   Tectospinal  
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Which cranial nerve inervates the iris?   CN III - occulomotor  
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CN III travels through what nucleus of the midbrain which contributes to its parasympathetic function?   Edinger - Westphals  
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Reticular formation of midbrain is located around what?   Red nucleus  
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The red nucleus is divided into an inferior large area called ____ and a highly vascularized superior area called ____   1.magnocellular 2. paryocellular  
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Red nucleus receives it's information from where?   1. The deep cerebellar nuclei except fastigial 2. Cerebral cortex  
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Function of red nucleus   Contralatteral motor responses in posture and flexor musculature  
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Lacated between tegmentum and crus   Substantia nigra  
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What gives the substantia nigra it's black appearance? Present only in what?   1. Dopamine 2. Mamals  
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Parkinsons is associated with drop in ____ in the ____.   1. Dopamine 2. Substantia nigra  
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Ventrolateral aspect of cerebral peduncles composed of descending tracts   Crus Cerebri  
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Descending tracts in crus cerebri (4)   1. Corticospinal 2. Corticopontine 3. COrticobulbar 4. Corticomesencephalon  
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Where do corticomesencephalon fibers terminate?   CN nuclei III and IV to initiate voluntary movement of the eye  
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Pineal tumors account for what percent of brain tumors?   1%  
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Pineal gland is built like a what? Is it fenestrated? What does it secrete?   1. Endocrine gland 2. Yes 3. Melatomin, seretonin, norepinephrine  
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5 major subdivisions of prosencephalon   1. Third ventricle 2. Epithalamus 3. Thalamus 4. Hypothalamus 5. Subthalamus  
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Epithalamus is located where?   Superior to midbrain tectum  
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What 2 structures does the epithalamus contain?   1. Pineal Gland 2. Posterior commisure  
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Another name for the pineal gland   Epiphysis cerebri  
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What does the pineal gland do with age? WHat is this called?   It calcifies and it is called brain sand  
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The roof of the midbrain is called what?   Tectum  
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Cerebral peduncles contain 3 things   1. Tegmentum 2. Substantia nigra 3. Crus cerebri  
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Smalles cranial nerve that originates from midbrain   Trochlear (IV)  
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4 unique characteristics of cranial nerve IV   1. Smallest 2. Nearest to dorsal midline in origin 3. Crosses over on its way out 4. Runs longest distance in cranial vault  
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Apparent origin of CN III is where? Actual origin?   Ventral from interpeduncular fossa. Periaqueductual gray matter  
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The ___ is the most significant relay center for sensory input to the cerebrum. All sensation except what?   1. Diencephalon 2. Olfaction  
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The tectum is ___ to the aquaduct of Sylvius?   Posterior  
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Tectum is made of a quadrigeminal plate made up of 4 what?   Collicular bodies ( supperior and inferior collicular pair)  
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Gray matter surrounding the aquaduct of sylvius contains nuclei for which two CNs?   III and IV Endorphins and enkephalins  
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Cerebral peduncles are ___ to cerebral aquaduct?   Ventral  
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Posterior commissure is responsible for what reflexes?   Pupillary light reflexes  
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The subcommissural organ produces what?   Aldosterone  
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Largest nuclei in the CNS?   Thalamus  
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Included with the thalamus are two bodies? These are classified seperately as the what?   1. Lateral and medial geniculate bodies 2. Metathalamus  
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Thalamus mean what? It is a single structure composed of 2 large gray masses. These are joined together by the ____ (or ____)   1.Couch 2. Massa Intermedia 3. Interthalamic Adhesion  
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The thalamus forms the lateral wall of what?   Third ventricle  
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Lateral to each thalamic mass is what?   Posterior limb of the internal capsule  
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ALl sensory input to the cerebral cortex except ____ is relayed or intergrated in the ___   1. Olfaction 2. Thalamus  
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Thalamus, along with reticular formations helps to do what? (most important function)   Helps focus attention of the cortex temporarily making areas more receptive than others... concentration!!  
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Some apreciation of ___ and ___ are interpreted at the thalamic levels. Something else is needed for complete integration what is it?   1. Pain and thermal 2. Higher centers (post central gyrus)  
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Myelinated fibers that runs through the substance of each thalamis mass which divide them into subdivisions   Internal medullary lamina  
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VPL = ?   Ventral Posterior Lateral nucleus  
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What does the MI mean and what does it do?   1. Massa Intermedia 2. Divides thalamus into left and right thalamic masses  
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Largest part of the thalamus found only in the highest primates?   Pulvinar  
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The hypothalamus forms what? (walls)   Floor and portions of lateral walls of 3rd ventricle  
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Does the hypothalamus work under it's own influence?   No, influenced by others  
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The hypothalamus has vague control over what?   1. Hunger 2. Thirst 3. Sex  
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Hypothalamus controls physiocal aspects of what?   Emotional expression  
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Which area of the hypothalamus controls sympathetic function?   Posterior nuclei and mamalary bodies  
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Parasympathetic control of hypothalamus?   1. Increases digestive motility 2. Decreases heart rate 3. Constriction of pupils  
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Sympathetic control of hypothalamus?   1. Increases heart rate and vasocontriction 2. Decreases digestive motility 3. Pupil dialation 4. Piloerection 5. Sweat gland secretion  
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Endocrine control from hypothalamus? Directly? Indirectly?   1. Directly via neuron axons into posterior pituitary 2. Indirectly via neurohormones to control the release of anterior pituitary hormones  
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Nuclei associate with the anterior area of hypothalamus?   1. Supraoptic 2. Paraventricular 3. Suprachiasmatic 4. Anterior 5. Preoptic  
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These nuclei send axons down through the infundibular stalk via the supraopticohypophyseal tract   Surpraoptic and paraventricular nuclei  
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Supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei terminate where? WHat 2 hormones do they release?   1. Posterior pituitary 2. Oxytocin and ADH  
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Nucelus responsible for circadian cycles? Which gland is it complexly connected to?   1. Suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) 2. Pineal Gland  
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Nuceli responsible for thermoregulation especially when the body heats up.   Preoptic nuclei  
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Nuclei known for parasympathetic function   Anterior nuclei  
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Nuclei associated with the intermediate area of hypothalamus   1. Dorsomedial nuclei 2. Ventromedial nuclei 3. Arcuate nuclei 4. Tuber cinereum  
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Nuclei that controls parasympathetics of the GI tract   Dorsomedial nuclei  
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Nuclei responsible for satiety or fullness?   Ventromedial nuclei  
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Nuclei that contributes to the tuberoinfundibular tract. Unlike other tracts that descend to the pituitary this group of axons does what?   1. Arcuate nuclei 2. Terminates and secrete their neurohormones into perivascular spaces of infundibular stalk  
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Term used to describe the underlying undulating bulge between infundibular stalk and mammilary bodies   Tuber Cinereum  
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The posterior area of the hypothalamus includes what nuclei?   1. Mammilary bodies 2. Posterior nuclei  
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Nucleu important for short term memory   Mammilary bodies  
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A nuclei that is a thermoregulator: especially as the body cools down, stimulating shivering.   Posterior nuclei  
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The ___ area of the hypothalamus is knows for diverse sympathetic actions.   Posterior  
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General name applied to tracts going from the hypothalamus to the stalk or pituitary gland   Hypothalamohypophyseal tracts  
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WHich tract releases releasing factor hormones?   Tuberuinfundibular tract  
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The posterior pituitary AKA what? Develops from what?   1. Pars nervosa 2. Neurohypophysis  
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The anterior pituitary, AKA ___, and the intermediate pituitary are made from what?   1. Adenohypophysis 2. Rathke's pouch  
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Where does the posterior pituitary receive its influence?   It receives its influence directly from neurons that go down into it. Which neurons? 1. Paraventricular 2. Supraoptic 3. Tuberinfundibular tracts  
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WHere does the anterior pituitary receive its influence?   Directly from the blood stream  
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Located just under the lateral ventral aspect of the thalamus?   Subthalamus  
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3 nuclei associated with the subthalamus   1. Parvocellular region of red nucleus 2. SUperior portion of substantia nigra 3. Subthalamic nuclei (corpus luysi)  
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Subthalamis nuclei, AKA what? Is it part of pyramidal or extrapyramidal system?   1. Corpus Luysi 2. Extrapyramidal  
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Subthalamic nuclei sends and receives fibers to and from the ___ and the ___ form the telencephalon   Globus and pallidus  
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Lesion of the subthalamis nuclei may cause what?   Ballism or hemiballism  
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What is ballism or hemiballism?   Forcefull flinging movements of shoulders and or hips  
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Right and left telencephalon is __ the same __ diffrent   1. Anatomically the same 2. Functionally diffrent  
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Cerebral cortex AKA what?   Pallium  
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An underlying mass of white fibers in the telencephalon   Centrum semiovale  
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Deep within the white matter are collections of neuron cell bodies called what?   Basal ganglia  
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Largest lobe? Smallest lobe?   1. Frontal lobe 2. Occipital lobe  
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General function of telencephelon?   1. Final intergration of neural mechs 2. Initiation of voluntary mouvements 3. Memory and associative memory 4. Abstract thinking  
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Most abstract thinking is centered in the prefrontal region. Which areas in particular?   1. Brodmann areas 9-12 2. Parietal lobes  
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Total surface area of diencephelon. Two thirds of this area is found where?   1. 2.5 square feet 2. Down in the sulci  
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Thickness of the pallium?   1.5 to 4.5 mm  
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What is thicker: the gyrus cortex or the sulcus cortex?   Gyrus cortex  
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The total number of neurons in the cerebral cortex   100 billion  
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The neocortex, AKA ___, occupies what percent of the cerebral cortex?   1. Isocortex 2. 90%  
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Two ancient parts that occupy 10 % of total cerebral cortex   Allocortex  
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6 common laminae of the cerebral cortex (external to internal)   1. Molecular Lamina 1 2. External granular 2 3. External pyramidal lamina 3 4. Internal granular 4 5. Internal pyramidal 5 6. Multiform (fusiform) lamina 6  
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Lamina 1   Molecular or Plexiform  
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Lamina 2   External granular  
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Lamina 3   External pyramidal  
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Lamina 4   Internal granular  
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Lamina 5   Internal pyramidal  
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Lamina 6   Multiform or Fusiform  
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Lamina located in the centrum semiovale   6  
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Outer most lamina and nearest to the pia mater?   Molecular lamina 1  
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Lamina 1 is filled with what?   Synaptic activity  
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Small, closely packed granular neurons. Axons extend into deeper lamina of the same cortex area.   Lamina 2 : external granular layer  
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Sometimes calles the intracortical association area.   Lamina 2 : external granular layer  
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Lamina with small pyramidal shaped neuron cell bodies   Lamina 3 : External pyramidal layer  
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In lamina III, axons extend out of the cortex to the ___ and then returns to gray matter of same hemisphere.   White matter  
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Intercortical association layer   Lamina III: external pyramidal layer  
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Two lamina called the associative lamina   External granular and external pyramidal  
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Specific thalamic inputs arive here in this lamina   Lamina IV: Internal granular layer  
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Lamina IV is well developed in ___ areas   Sensory areas  
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Contains large pyramidal shaped neuron cell bodies even the giant betz cells   Lamina V : Internal pyramidal layer  
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Axons project to other brain and cord centers (corticobulbar, corticospinal)   Lamina V : Internal pyramidal layer  
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Layer that has quite a mixture of incoming and outgoing fibers   Lamina 6 : Multiform layer  
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These 2 lamina are sometimes called the projection lamina   5 and 6  
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2 lamina where our great thinking capeabilities take place   2 and 3  
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What is alexia?   Deficiency of reading ( number 39 lesion)  
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What is agraphia?   Deficiency of writting ( number 39 lesion)  
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Area confined to the precentral gyrus of frontal lobe   Area 4  
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No other area provides more fibers to the pyramidal system. It functions to initiate voluntary movements, epecially of the distal extermities, facial and oral musculature   Brodmann area 4  
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Giant betz cells reside in this area only   Area 4  
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The cortex of broadmann area 4 has well developed which laminas?   5 and 6  
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Intertwined along the complex post cental gyrus of the parietal lobe is what?   Broadmann areas 1, 2 and 3  
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What is the function of area 1, 2 and 3?   Somesthetic input. Pain, thermal, deep touch, light touch, vibratory and kinesthetic input  
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Areas 1, 2 and 3 have well developed efferents from ____ and ____. Three lamina are also well developed.   1. VPL and VPM 2. IV, V, VI  
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Since areas 1, 2 and 3 have a well developed lamina V and VI, it also contributes to what kind of fibers?   Pyramidal fibers: voluntary motor initiation  
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Two areas located just in front of area 4 and are somtimes called the premotor regions   Broadmann area 6 and 8  
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Area 6 is best known for what?   Influence on the proximal portions of our extremities (4 is our distal portion of extremities)  
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Areas 6 and 8 are also motor intitiation centers. They also contribute fibers to what?   Pyramidals  
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Brodmann area 8 does what?   Initiates voluntary movement of the eyes  
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Area number 8 stimulates upper or lower motor neurons? Which CNs are effected?   1. Lower motor neurons 2. III, IV and VI  
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Areas 9, 10, 11 and 12 are responsible for what?   1. Thought elaboration 2. abstract reasoning 3. imagination 4. emotions  
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Which two lamina are well developped in areas 9, 10, 11 and we?   II and III  
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Lamina II and III are called what?   Associative cortex  
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Broca's speech area is which broadmann's area?   44  
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Afferent fibers stream into BrocaMs from these two lobes   Parietal and temporal  
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Broadmann's area 44 directs neurons from which other area?   Area 4 (works on face and oral musculature) Thse two areas work together to form speech  
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Loss of power to communicate through writting, speaking or signing.   Aphasia  
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Lesions in Broca's area may result in a condition called what?   Motor aphasia  
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Partial loss in the ability to communicate?   Dysphasia  
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What side of the brain is speech dominant in?   Left  
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The visual cortext constitutes which brodmann areas? Where is it located?   17, 18, 19, occipital lobe  
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Which area lies within the calcarine sulcus and is the primary visual cortex? Where does it receive its input?   Area 17, lateral geniculate body  
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Area 17 had a white band running through lamina ___. Another name for area 17 is what?   1. IV 2. Striate cortex  
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Area 18 and 19 functions   Memory storage for visual sensation  
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What may a lesion in broadmann's area 18 and 19 lead to?   An inability to correlate present images with past experiences : prosopagnosia  
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Broadmann's area known for the primary auditory cortex. Where is it located? ... It's in the superior temporal gyrus in an area called what?   1. Area 41 2. Heschl'a area  
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An area that surrounds area 41 and extends nearly into the pareital lobe. It is known as wernicke's area.   Broadmann area 22  
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Function of Wernicke's area   1. Formation of written word 2. Underlying structure of an utterance (also involves in hearing memory)  
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A leasion in Wernicke's area could result in a diffrent manifestation of what?   Dysphasia  
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Broadmann's areas that synthesize memory and sensation into creative function such as reading, writting and language in general   5, 7, 39, 40  
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Areas 5, 7, 39 and 40 are found in what lobe?   Parietal  
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Lesions in area 39 (angular gyrus) may result in what dysfunctions?   1. Alexia (reading) 2. Agraphia (writting)  
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Area thought ot be a gustatory center   43  
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Two brodmann areas assoicated with olfaction   34 and 28. Located in the uncus and parahippacampal gyrus respectively  
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Basal ganglia: Deep nuclei   1. Caudate nucleus 2. Putamen 3. Globus pallidus 4. Amygdaloid  
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Putamen and globus pallidus together are called what?   Lenticular nucleus  
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The caudate and the putamen nuclei are located in the what?   Neostriatum  
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Three nuclei in the corpus striatum   1. Caudate 2. Putamen 3. Globus Pallidus  
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Striatal lesions normally lead to what?   Dyskinesia : muscle tone disturbances  
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Three examples of striatal lesions   1. Tremor 2. Chorea 3. Ballism  
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In huntington's chorea, the striatum begins to deteriorate and produces a deficiency of what neurotransmitter?   GABA  
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Ballism, can be the result of lesions in the subthalamic nuclei as well as the what?   Globus pallidus  
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Which 2 nuclei make up the neostriatum?   Caudate and Putamen  
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Nuclei of the corpus striatum play a mojor role in regulating what?   Movement  
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The caudate is continuous with which other nuclei by gray matter bridges?   Putamen  
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Afferent fibers come into the caudate from where?   1. All lobes of the cortex 2. Thalamus 3. Substantia nigra 4. Putamen  
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Efferent fibers come out of the caudate to go where?   1. Putamen 2. Globus Pallidus 3. Substantia Nigra 4. Thalamus  
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Most lateral aspect of the corpus striatal nuclei   Putamen nuclei  
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Afferents of putamen nuclei?   Same as caudate, including caudate  
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The nigrostriatal arch, an afferent fiber of the putamen, contains what?   Dopamine  
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Two nuclei that are dysfinctional in parkinsons disease?   Putamen and Caudate  
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Efferents of putamen nuclei   Same as caudate  
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