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Neuroscience Ch7

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rostral   nose/front  
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caudal   tail/back  
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dorsal   up  
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ventral   down  
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medial to lateral   moving away from midline  
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midsagital/sagital   cut brain along corpus callosum, or parallel to this  
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coronal plane   cut brain perpendicular to ground and corpus callosum  
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cerebrum   front most and largest part of brain. big, folded, and basically what you think of when you think "brain"  
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cerebellum   "little brain." behind cerebrum. as many neurons as cerebrum. primarily a movement control center. controls ipsilaterally. divided in middle by "vermis"  
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brain stem   relays info from cerebrum to spinal cord and cerebellum, and vice versa. regulates vital fxns: breathing, consciousness, body temp. primitive and essential.  
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dorsal root   info into spinal cord to brain. the somatic sensory axons enter spinal cord via these roots, their somata collecting outside the spinal cord in clusters called "dorsal root ganglia"  
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ventral root   info from brain to spinal cord to rest of body branches from these spinal nerves  
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somatic PNS   voluntary system of the peripheral nervous system  
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visceral/autonomic nervous system   involuntary system of the PNS  
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afferent   "carry to"  
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efferent   "carry from"  
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meninges   layers btwn brain & skull. 1) dura mater- tough, fibrous, outer 2)arachnoid membrane- spider weby. should be no space between this and dura, unless you have a subdural hematoma, and fills w/blood 3)pia mater- separated from arach by cerebrospinal flui  
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ventricular system   fluid filled caverns that run through the brain are filled with CSF, which is produced by "choroid plexus". CSF absorbed by blood vessels at "arachnoid villi".  
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cortex   any collection of neurons that form a thin sheet, usually at brain surface  
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nucleus/substantia   cluster/group of neurons in the brain (substantia are less well delineated)  
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ganglion/ia   a collection of neurons in PNS. exception: basal ganglia in the CNS (controls movement)  
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lemniscus   a tract of neurons which meanders though the brain like a ribbon.  
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commissure   any collection of neurons that connect one side of brain with another  
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forebrain   prosencephalon. in development, differentiates into the telencephalon, the two cerebral vessels. in mature adult, forebrain is the seat of the "rational animal" (heh), specifically cerebral cortex  
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midbrain   mesencephalon. "tectum" is its roof, which divides into superior and inferior colliculus. SC aka "optic tectum," receives eye input and controls its movement. IC gets ear input. tegmentum is bottom. colorful. in between is cerebral aqueduct, filled w/ CSF  
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hindbrain   rhombencephalon. front to back: cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata.  
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thalamus   develops from the diencephalon. sensory relay hq, except for smell. connected to white matter by large collxion of axons called "internal capsule".  
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hypothalamus   below the thalamus. controls autonomic NS. also: food drink sex motivation. food preference  
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corticospinal or pyramidal tract   collection of axons that travel between the cerebral cortex of the brain and the spinal cord. mostly contains motor axons. consists of two separate tracts in the spinal cord: the lateral corticospinal tract and the anterior corticospinal tract.  
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decussation   a crossing of axons from one side of brain to other.  
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sulci   brain grooves  
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gyri   brain bumps  
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mamillary bodies   nuclei of the hypothalamus, part of the circuitry that stores memory. receive info from fornix. see slide  
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pineal body   right above the sup and inf colliculus, at the top of the brainstem. secretes melatonin  
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cerebellar peduncles   bundle of axons which connect cerebellum and brain steam  
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basal ganglia   the caudate nucleus, the putamen, and the globus pallidus. these collxions of neurons are important part of movement system. located basal forebrain (slice 1&2).  
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precentral gyrus   motor homunculus  
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postcentral gyrus   sensation homunculus  
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cingulate gyrus/cortex   receives inputs from thalamus and neocortex, and projects to the entorhinal cortex. integral part of the limbic system: emotion formation and processing, learning, and memory, and is also important for executive function and respiratory control.  
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Entorhinal cortex   functions as the hub in a widespread network for memory and navigation. The EC is the main interface between the hippocampus and neocortex.  
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vpm nucleus   ventral posterior medial nucles, a portion of the thalamus that deals w/sensory info from the head  
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