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| decussation of fibers/regulation of autonomic functions (adjusts heart rate) |
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| Control of breatheing movements/regulates states of attentiveness and arousal |
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| Midbrain- Superior Colliculus |
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| processes and carries sensory information about vision |
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| Midbrain- Inferior Colliculus |
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| processes and carries sensory information about audition |
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| relays sensory information to the higher brain structures |
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| hormone & autonomic control |
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| important endocrine organ that secretes many hormones |
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| protective covering of the central nervous system |
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| Meninges; outermost layer/tough & inelastic |
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| Meninges; innermost layer/separated from Arachnoid layer by CSF-filled subarachnoid space |
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| Meninges; middle layer, just beneath the dura mater |
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| bathes & cushions CNS/nourishes and removes waste from CNS |
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| involved in fine motor control |
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| aka neocortex; associated with higher brain functions, such as reasoning, planning, visual processing, memory |
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| part of cerebrum; regions containing neuronal cell bodies in the CNS |
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| part of cerebrum; regions of the CNS containing mostly myelinated axons |
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| part of cerebrum; oligodendroglia wrap around CNS axons. Function to speed the propagation of nerve impulses down the axon |
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| know the functions, see the cranial nerve flashcard set |
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| processing information about odor |
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a series of cavities in the CNS that contain the cerebral spinal fluid; kknow where CSF is produced and the flow from one ventricle to the next
LATERAL, THIRD, FOURTH, CENTRAL CANAL |
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| look for the loose, spongy, brown stuff lying in the lateral ventricles; produce the cerebral spinal fluid |
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| a thin membrane that separates (anteriorly) the paired lateral ventricles |
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| sheet of fibers that carries information between right and left neocortices |
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| connects the third and fourth ventricles |
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Pineal body
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| involved in diurnal rhythms |
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| involved in the integration of sensory and motor information from all areas in the cortex |
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