CH.12 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

  1. HOLLOW CHAMBERS IN THE BRAIN
    • VENTRICLES
    • (full of fluid)
  2. PROCESS INFORMATION FROM CEREBRAL MOTOR CORTEX AS WELL AS VISUAL AND EQUILIBRIUM CENTERS; HELPS MAINTAIN PROPER BALANCE, POSTURE AND COORDINATED SKELETAL MOVEMENTS

    CEREBELLUM

  3. AREA THAT HOUSES THALAMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS
    DIENCEPHALON
  4. CHIEF INTEGRATION CENTER FOR AUTONOMIC NS,CENTER FOR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, TEMP.CONTROL, REGULATE FOOD INTAKE,REGULATE THIRST & WATER, SLEEP WAKE CYCLE,ENDOCRINE SYST.

    HYPOTHALAMUS
  5. PART OF BRAIN THAT PROCESSES MEMORY

    THALAMUS
  6. PART OF BRAIN THAT HAS SENSORY INPUTS,VOLUNTARY AND SKILLED SKELETAL MUSCLE ACTIVITY, INTELLECTUAL & EMOTIONAL PROCESSING
    CENTRAL HEMISHPERE
  7. AREA OF BRAIN THA HOUSES MIDBRAIN,PONS AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA

    BRAIN STEM
  8. CONDUCTION PATHWAY BETWEEN HIGER BRAIN CENTERS AND SPINAL CORD; HEART RATE, BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER, VOMITING COUGHING;CRANIAL NERCE INTERFACE FOR NERVES 8-12

    MEDULLA OBGLONGATA
  9. CONDUCTION PATHWAY BETWEEN HIGHER AND LOWER BRAIN CENTERS; VISUAL AND AUDITORY REFLEXES; CRANIAL NERVES 3-4
    MIDBRAIN
  10. CONDUCTION PATHWAY BETWEEN HIGHER AND LOWER BRAIN CENTERS; CONTROLS RESPIRATORY RATE AND DEPTH

    PONS
  11. WHAT IS GRAY MATTER

    • CONTAINS JUST CELL BODIES AND DENDRITES

    • (no protein)







    ( superficial cortex)

  12. WHAT IS THE WHITE MATTER
    • MYELINATED NERVE FIBERS
    • (THOSE W/ FATTY WHITE PROTEIN COVERINGS)

    (internal)
  13. MOTOR AREAS MOVEMENT IS CONTROLED_____

    VOLUNTARY
  14. THE CONSCIOUS AREA OF THE CORTEX IS
    SENSORY
  15. AREA IN CORTEX THAT GIVES MEANING TO THE IMFORAMATION WE RECEIVE, AND STORES IN MEMORY
    SENSATION
  16. EACH HEMISPHERE OF THE BRAIN CONTROLS THE____SIDE OF THE BODY
    OPPOSITE
  17. MIDDLE PART OF THE BRAIN
    CORPUS COLLOSUM
  18. FORMS THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE FOREBRAIN
    DIENCEPHALON
  19. DIENCEPHALON CONISTS OF 3 PARTS
    • THALAMUS
    • HYPOTHALAMUS
    • EPITHALAMUS(PINEAL GLAND)
  20. FUNCTION OF PINEAL GLAND
    SECRETES MELATONIN WHICH INDUCES SLEEP
  21. FUNCTION OF MEDULLA OBLONGATA

    • HELPS MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM
    • CARDIOVASCULAR
    • RESPIRATORY
    • VARIOUS OTHER CENTES(VOMITING, SWALLOWING
Author
Anonymous
ID
1187
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CH.12 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Description
ANATOMY OF BRAIN AND FUNCTIONS
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