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What is a tract and nucleus?
A pathway consists of...
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What is afferent?
Another name for sensory or ascending pathways.
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What is the primary motor cortex of the frontal lobe?
The CST originates here.
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What is sensory memory?
This memory is reduced to fraction of seconds.
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What is ipsilateral?
Meaning “same side.”
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What is spinothalamic (STT) or anterolateral (ALS)?
Pain, temperature, deep touch and deep pressure relate to what sensory pathway?
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What is the medullary pyramids?
The CST decussates here.
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What is working memory?
Memory associated with temporary storage and manipulation.
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What is decussate?
90% of pathways do this.
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What is dorsal column medial lemniscus?
DCML stands for..
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What is the corticobulbar tract?
Face and cranial Nerves are associated with this pathway.
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What is the hippocampus?
Memory encoding takes place here.
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What is Cerebral Nuclei/Basal Ganglia?
This structure controls how much movement is performed.
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What is DCML and STT/ALS?
Which two pathways house the 3rd order neuron in the thalamus?
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What is the Cerebellum?
This structure is in charge of complex fine motor movements.
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What is sleep?
When does memory encoding take place?
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What is somatotopy?
Described as topography of body as experienced by the brain or point to point contact.
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What is the medulla oblongata?
The DCML decussates here.
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What is the right hemishpehre?
This hemisphere is also called the representational hemisphere. (General Question)
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What is repitition?
This act will move short term memory to long term memories.
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