| Question | Answer |
| What is the function of the dural sinus? | opening for blood vessels and nerves, cerberal veins run thougth the sinuses; the large nerves fucntion as a circulatory system |
| What causes headaches? | inflammation of the meninges which cover the brian b/c the brain itself has no pain receptors, constriction of meninges |
| parahippocampal gyrus and uncus function | use past memory to decide response to certain stimuli, helps with short term memory. A relay station btwn hippocampus and upper cerebral cortex |
| anterior lobe function | control distal muscles (legs and arms), helps with walking and arm movement |
| central region funciton | important for linguistic and phonological processing and motor programming of speech |
| What is the function of the pons? | -it has relay and cranial nerve nuclei which lie in the internal pons, relay system btwn spinal cord and brain, processing motor infor from cerebral cortex and forward that infor to cerebellum, and processing sensation from face |
| 2 divisions of the nervous system | cranial nervous system (brain and spinal cord), peripheral nervous system (cranial nerves, autonomic nervous system, somatic nervous sytem) |
| What is the fucntion of the medulla? | corrdintes cardiovascular control (heart rate), repsiration, regualtes viseral activity, head and neck movement, swallowing |
| Where is the insula? | under the frontal and temporal lobe |
| posterior | the back of something |
| What happens if there is damage to the cerebellum? | -ataxia (inacccuracy of speech), nystagmus, tremor, and cognitive affective syndrome (problems with personality reasoning skills, working memory, auditory halluncinations, cognitive functions related to hearing, understanding speech, and auditory memory |
| central nervous system | the spinal cord and the brain; the brain contains the cerebral lobes, cerebellum, basal ganglia, diecephalon, brainstem, and lymbic system |
| ipsilateral | the same side of the body |
| superior | above something (chest to the belly button) |
| 3 divisions of the temporal lobe and some of its function | -primary auditory cotex-language dominant association cortex-non-language dominant association cortex-function: important for learning and memory, some visual stimuli is processed here, but not most important place for vision |
| primary gustatory cortex function | responsible for taste, hels with association btwn taste and smell, taste and memory |
| What is the funciton of the subthalamus? | this is functinally part of the basal ganglia but is anatomically in the diencephalon |
| 2 layers of the dura matter | Peristeal (closest to the skull), menigeal (interior layer of the dura and adhears to the peristeal almost everywhere) |
| What are the function of the meninges? | to pad the brain and the spinal cord, and to keep the brian and the SC from moving around |
| What happens if there is a lesion to the brainstem? | coma, death, locked-in syndrom, cranial nerve damage, sensroy loss, hyperactive reflexes, vertigo, nausea, dysarthria, dysphagia, ataxia, hemiplagia or quadriplegia |
| cistern | large spaces in the subarachnoid space |
| prefrontal cortex function | helps with reasoning, decision making, and tells you when to do things |
| arachnoid trabecula | serves as a bridge btwn the arachoind and pia matter |
| primary auditory cortex function | place where you recieve almost all auditory info |
| bilateral | 2 sides |
| Broca's area function | this helps with expressive language (either written or spoken) |
| left hemi function | language, concrete subjects like math and memory |
| What happens if there is a lesion to the limbic system? | -hyperorality, bizzare eating and drinking habits, sexual behavior, and personality changes-loose of newly acquired memory, also called antereograde amnesia-spatial problem solving-can't control emotions |
| Dura matter | attached to the skul and is the toughest layer |
| What is the falx cerebri | dips into the longitudinal fissure and divided into the L and R hemi |
| language dominant association cortex function | (Wernicke's area) important for the analysis of speech and langauge and verbal memory |
| Structures of the arachnoid matter | arachnoid trabeculae, subarachnoid space, arachnoid granulations, cisterns, and cerebellar medullary cistern (cistern magna) |
| muscle tone | unconscoius phenomenon of continuous state of muscle contraction at rest, not aware of it |
| dorsal | the back (the gluteus maximus is dorsal to the ambillicus) |
| anterior | in front of something (lips to uvula) |
| what are the 3 main areas of the insula? | -primary gustatory cortex-anterior nsular cortex-central region |
| premotor cortex function | this helps to initate and plan movements |
| sagittal plane | a parallel cut of the brain, divided it into right and left hemispheres |
| what seperates the frontal lobe from all the other lobes | -the posterior boundry is the central sulcus.-the inferior boundry is the lateral fissure |
| What happens if there is damage to the thalamus? | -localization of sensory info is not correct, cortically blind and cant process pictures, not able to determine the intensity of pain |
| anterior insular cortex function | the center for pain, links painful events with emotions or behavior |
| mechanisms that mediate tone | upper motor neurons, basal ganglia, cerebellum, and lover motor neurons |
| What is the point of the interthalamic adhesion | to connect the 2 sides of the thalamus |
| 3 parts of the limbic system and some function | -cingulate cortex-parahippocampal gyrus and uncus-hippocampus-funciton: links raw emotion to long term memory |
| What is the function of the hypothalamus? | maintaning homeostasis, basic body function (sleep/wake cycle) |
| arachnoid matter | looks like a spider web, whisp layers that adhear to the dura matter lossly |
| peripheral nervous system | Cranial nervesAutonomic nervous systemSomatic nervous system |
| muscle abnormalities that result from damag to mechanisms that mediate tone | strength, bulk, contraction, tone and stiffness |
| Motor cortex function | controls all voluntary movement on the contralateral side |
| right hemi function | understanding, abstract concepts, music, melodies |
| white matter | the collection of axons in a cell |
| What is the function of the basal ganglia? | -inhibits unwanted movement, hibits wanted movement, helps maintain muscle tone and motor steadiness, stores learned repetative motion, and regulates amplitude, velocity, and initiation of movement |
| subarachnoid space | is filled with CSF to cushion the brain |
| cingulate cortex function | helps with decisoin making in response to sensory data. emotional tone, bladder contol, and emotional vocalization |
| horizontal plane | divides the brain into superior and inferior halves, top and bottom |
| arachoid granulations | protrudes into the dura, this is a way for the CSF to het back to the circulatory or vascular system |
| medial | middle, toward the midline. (eyes are medial to the ears) |
| somatic nervous system | this is all of the things that you are aware of around you. -sensory=smelling, touch, hearing-motor=voluntary action; running, walking, and shaking hands |
| posterior lobe function | motor planning, timing, coordination of all muscle groups, helps with fine motor movement |
| corpus collosum | connects the right and left hemi so they can work together |
| cerebellar meullary cistern (cistern magna) | the largest cistern btwn the cerebellum and the medulla, can be a place where a shunt is put |
| What happens if there is a lesion to the subthalamus? | hyperkinetic movment (uncontrolled movement) |
| What are the divisions of the occipital lobe? | -the pre-occipital nothc divides it from the occipital from the parietal lobe-the anterior division is the parietal occipital sulcus |
| What is the subdural space? | the space btwn the dura and arachnoid matter |
| 4 areas of the pariteal lobe | -somatosensory cortex-sensory association cortex-angular and supramarginal gyri-Wernicke's Aphasia |
| What can happen if there is a lesion in the basal ganglia? | -hypokenisias, hyperkinesia, tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia (slow to initiate any motor movement) |
| autonomic nervous system | these are things that happen in the body autonomically.-digestion-breathing-heart beat |
| sympathetic nervous system | this helps us with fight or flight response (something that is stressing the system)-pupil constriction-increased heart rate-digestion slow down-production of urine slows |
| What are the parietal lobe boundries? | -inferior boundry is the lateral fissue-anterior boundry is the central sulcus-posterior boudnry is the parietal-occipital sulcus and extends to the pre-occipital notch |
| non-langague dominant association cortex function | hels with musis and environmental sounds |
| coronal cut | divides anterior and posterior parts of the brain, front and back |
| Where are addictions seen? | in the insula |
| What the functions of the brianstem? | conduit function (relay station), cranial nerve function (cranial nerve nuclei), integrative function (heart rate/respiratoin and viseral function) |
| ventral | front "belly" |
| What happens if there is a lesion in the temporal lobe? | -loss of attention to auditory info-memory loss-Wernicke's or receptive apahsia-seizures-some vision problems |
| rostral | above others "head" |
| gray matter | the outsideof the brain, makes up the nucleus "cell body" |
| Why is ther a subdural space and what can happen in it? | it contain blood vessels and ifther is a subdural hematoma they have breakage of blood vesseld and there will be bleeding in the space. Pressure will increase and compress the neural tissue. TBI or borken skulls |
| What occurs if there is a lesion in the insula? | -taste and pain perceptin will change-dyslexia, apraxia, and aphasia-seizures=may taste things before they have a seizure |
| What is the tentorium cerebelli | a sheet that seperates the cerebellum from the cortex |
| vermis & flocculonadular lobe function | control trunk muscles, and muscle close to your body: key for posture and balance |
| hippocampus function | long term memory storage |
| snesory association cortex function | helps interpret the sensory info you are recieving |
| what are the five basic divisions of the frontal lobe | -motor cortex-premotor cortex-supplementary motor cortex-prefrontal cortex-Broca's area |
| What is the function of the occipital lobe? | primary and secondary cotex where the main process is for visual stimuli |
| lateral | toward the side (the ears are lateral to the eyes, the little toe is lateral to the big toe) |
| supplementary motor cotex function | helps with complex postures, memory and visual things |
| caudal | tail (below others) knee to the thigh |
| unilateral | 1 side |
| inferior | below something (knee to the thigh) |
| somatosensory cortex function | (primary sensory cortex) helps us since things anywhere around or on our body. helps with perceptual synthesis and spacial orientation |
| 4 cerebral lobes | frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal |
| contralateral | affects the different side of the body |
| 3 components of the brainstem | midbrain, pons, medulla |
| 3 menigeal layer | Dura matter (hardest layer), Arachnoid matter (looks like the spider web), Pia matter (thinnest layer and closest to the brain) |
| What happens if there is a lesion the the pons | coma or death |
| Pia matter | follows the contours of the gyri and sulci, the inner layer of the meninges, it adhears to the cerebellum and is very thin almost transparent, blood vessels run through it before they enter the brain |
| What are the divisions of the temporal lobe | -posterior boundry is the occipital lobe-anterior boundry is the lateral fissure |
| What are the 4 areas of the diencephalon | -thalamus,hypothalamus,epithalamus, and subthalamus-it is a collectio of 26 paired nuclei |
| what can occur if there is damage to the occipital lobe? | -impaired ability to process visual info-impaired recognition of color-visual hallucination-visual illusions (disotorted perception) |
| Wernicke's area function | the place where you are understanding and break down speech |
| cerebellum | little brain, damage to this will affect the ipsilateral side, holds 50% of the brian neurons and only makes about 10% of the brain anatomy |
| What happens if there is a lesion the the hypothalamus? | -it will affect a persons ability to eat or drink affectively. -Prader-Willi syndrome=subset of paternal genes missing or unexpressed (crave food all the time) |
| reticular formation | it regulates consciousness |
| what happens if there is a lesion in the parietal lobe? | -there is memory loss and loss of special orientation-alexia-agraphia-anomia-agnosia-dysnomia-acalcula-hemi neglect=they are totally unaware of things on one side of the body |
| parasympathetic nervous system | this helps to keep the body in homeostasis-pupil dilation-decreased heart rate-perstalisis of digestion, normal function-bladder functions as normal |
| What if the function of the midbrain? | -descending motor tracts, sends visual info and auditory info, cerebral aqueduct (holds cerebral spinal fluid), peri acqueductal gray (reaction to pain stimuli or threats) |
| what happens if there is a lesion in the frontal lobe? | -can't move on opposite side-there is impaired judgement in appropriate behavior, use bad language, and changes in personality-apathy (cant relate to others)- Broca's aphasia |
| What are the main functions of the thalamus? | -main relay station for sensory info, send info to the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, arrousal attention and regulates conscoiusness |
| blood brain barrier | the brian is isolated from blood by the blood brain barrier, it functions as an excahnge of nutrients btwn the clood and brain, keeps bad things out and lets good things in. 98% of drugs are not aloud in |
| angular and supramarginal gyri function | helps with reading, writing, and calculation |
| What happens if there is damage to the midbrain? | vision and auditory information will be affected |
| What are the 4 main junctions of the brainstem? | midbrain-diencephalon junction, pontomesencephalic juction (pons and medulla), pontomedullary junction (pons and medulla), cervicomedullary junction (medulla and spinal cord |
| midsaggital | divides into 2 equal halves with a parallel cut. |
| 3 areas of the cerebellum | vermis and flocculonadular lobes, anterior lobe, posterior lobe |
