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Ch. 8

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Parts of the brain stem   Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata  
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Controls body's vital functions   Medulla oblongata  
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Contains both the thalamus and hypothalamus   Diencephalon  
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Controls muscle dampening, muscle preset, equilibrium, and sequencing muscle contraction   Cerebellum  
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Recognizes speech   Wernicke's area  
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This cortex receives the basics of sound   Primary auditory  
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This cortex deals with the fine motor skills and the preparatory stage   Premotor  
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This cortex deals with personality, problem solving, thinking ahead and motivation   Prefrontal  
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This cortex receives general sensory information from the whole body   Primary somatic sensory  
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This cortex deals with facial recognition   Visual association  
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Which cortex is the Broca's area located?   Premotor  
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Which lobe is the gustatory area located?   Parietal  
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Which lobe deals with being visual?   Occipital  
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Which lobe has the auditory association cortex?   Temporal  
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T/F: The sulci are grooves between the gyri   True  
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T/F: The cerebrum covers the bottom of the brain   False  
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T/F: The midsagittal section divides the brain into 4 sections   False  
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T/F: The losing of neurons due to the lack of blood is called ischemia   True  
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T/F: The lack of glucose is called hypoglycemia   True  
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T/F: The olfactory cortex deals with taste   False  
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T/F: The brain and the spinal cord make up the CNS   True  
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T/F: Commissures are the connections of neuron axons that allow the two hemispheres to communicate   True  
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T/F: You can regain neurons   False  
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Describe the location in the spine of these terms: Dorsal, ventral, lateral   Dorsal: in the back Ventral: in the front (belly) Lateral: in the side  
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The ventral horn deals with the sensory/motor/autonomic neurons?   Motor  
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The dorsal horn deals with the sensory/motor/autonomic neurons?   Sensory  
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The lateral horns deal with the sensory/motor/autonomic neurons?   Autonomic  
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Explain the process of answering a verbal question   Recognize that there is sound (Primary Auditory Cortex) - Recognize that someone is talking (Auditory Association Cortex) - Understand the message (Wernicke's Area) - Answer (Broca's Area)  
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Compare the descending and ascending pathways and their synapse locations   Descending - Motor: (2 synapses) CNS -> Receptors - Upper motor -> Association -> Lower motor Ascending - Sensory: (3 synapses) Receptor -> CNS - Primary -> Association -> Secondary -> Tertiary  
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What does the term association mean in the cortex?   Understands the received information and associates it with past memories  
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What does the term somatic mean in the cortex?   Affects the entire body (Soma = Body)  
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What happened to Phineas Gage?   Got stabbed by a metal bar in the head and damaged his prefrontal cortex so his personality changed  
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Label brain   Label brain  
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