General Brain | Structure of the Brain | Diencephalon | Function of the Brain | Cranial Nerves |
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What is white matter?
Made up of myelinated axons, this structure is deep to gray matter.
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What is the brain stem?
The midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata.
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What is the Epithalamus, Thalamus, and Hypothalamus?
These 3 structures make up the diencephalon.
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What is the parietal lobe?
Lobe majoring in sensory functions.
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What is 12?
Number of Cranial Nerves.
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What is cell bodies?
Gray matter, ganglia and nuclei
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What is layers of the meninges?
The dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater.
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What is the thalamus?
Also known as the relay station or switchboard operator.
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What is the association cortex?
The cortex that understands and process information.
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What is hypoglossal?
Cranial Nerve XII
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What is Corpus Callosum?
In charge of communicating between hemispheres.
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What is the lateral sulcus?
This structure separates the temporal lobe from the frontal and parietal lobes.
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What is the epithalamus?
Location of the pineal gland.
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What is Wernicke’s Area?
Located in the temporal region, in charge of understanding speech and storing language.
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What is Oculomotor (CN III)?
Pupillary constriction and dialation.
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What is axons?
Tract, Nerves, white matter, fusciculus, pathways and peduncles.
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What is ependymal cell?
This cell type helps create CSF in the choroid plexus.
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What is the hypothalamus?
A part of the ANS, this structure controls everything.
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What is the frontal lobe?
The motor speech area, also called Broca’s, is located where?
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What is occulomotor, trochlear, and abducens?
These 3 Cranial Nerves work together to move the eye.
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What is the cortex?
Meaning “bark of tree” this structure is superficial.
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What is the Basomedial Frontal Lobe?
Houses the primary olfactory cortex also known as the simpelest sense.
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What is the pituitary gland?
Also known as the master gland, this gland is located in the hypothalamus and connected by infundibulum.
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What is the cerebral aqueduct?
Allows for CSF to travel from 3rd ventricle to 4th ventricle.
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What is Trigeminal?
V1, V2, V3, also known as frontal, maxillary, and mandibular.
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