Neuroanatomy exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Brain - ANSWER-Directly controls our thoughts, emotions, and motivations. Localization of function - ANSWER-Refers to the specific areas of the brain that control specific skills or behaviours. Anatomy - ANSWER-Field in the biological sciences concerned with the identification and description of the body structures of living things. Nervous System - ANSWER-Is one of the ten organ systems (circulatory, digestive, endocrine, integumentary, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, ske...

What brain regions comprise the cerebrum - ANSWER-Cerebral hemispheres: Telencephalon and Diencephalon What brain region does the telencephalon refer to - ANSWER-Cerebral Cortex and Subcortical regions What brain regions does the term diencephalon refer to - ANSWER-Thalamus and Hypothalamus List the major brain regions from caudal to rostral - ANSWER-Most caudal: spinal cord --> midbrain (medulla pons midbrain) and cerebellum ---> cerebrum. Note cerebellum is posterior to pons ...

Structural Division of Nervous System - ANSWER--peripheral nervous system -central nervous system Peripheral Nervous System - ANSWER--nerves, and their sensory and autonomic ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord -derived from the neural crest Central Nervous System - ANSWER--derived from the neural tube -consists of 6 brain regions and the spinal cord -cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, pons, medulla, diencephalon, midbrain Original 3 Brain Vesicles - ANSWER--derived from neu...

Ectoderm - ANSWER-Embryonic layer that develops into the skin and nervous system Mesoderm - ANSWER-embryonic layer that develops into muscles, bones and tendons endoderm - ANSWER-embryonic layer that gives rise to gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urinary tracts neuropores - ANSWER-openings of the neural tube that are the last to close during development Hindbrain - ANSWER-Composed of the cerebellum, medula and pons Forebrain - ANSWER-composed of the telecephalon and diencephalon...

Where do most projection fibers travel through - ANSWER-Internal capsule Internal Capsule: Anterior limb - ANSWER-Between caudate and lentiform nucleus has frontopontine fibers running through it Internal Capsule: Genu - ANSWER-The bend of the internal capsule has corticobulbar (voluntary motor CNS) fibers running through it Internal capsule: posterior limb - ANSWER-between the lenticular nucleus and the thalamus connections between the thalamus (VPL, VPM) and motor, somatosensory an...

Ectoderm - ANSWER-Embryonic layer that develops into the skin and nervous system Mesoderm - ANSWER-embryonic layer that develops into muscles, bones and tendons endoderm - ANSWER-embryonic layer that gives rise to gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urinary tracts neuropores - ANSWER-openings of the neural tube that are the last to close during development Hindbrain - ANSWER-Composed of the cerebellum, medula and pons Forebrain - ANSWER-composed of the telecephalon and diencephalon...

Final Exam NU 664 Set 1 The Best Passed Correct Questions with Answers_100% A+ Graded ARRN - CORRECT ANSWER-Clear expectations for licensures accreditation certification and education for all APRNs Standards/scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER-Licensed and independent practitioners, assess, diagnosis and treat and manage acute episodic and chronic illnesses. Statutory Law - CORRECT ANSWER-States have a duty to protect those who receive nursing care Role of NONPF - CORRECT ANSWER-the N...

a major out folding on the surface of the cerebral cortex - ANSWER-gyrus an in folding on the surface of the cerebral cortex - ANSWER-sulcus a major in folding of the cerebral cortex - ANSWER-fissure responsible for reception of auditory information - ANSWER-temporal lobe responsible for motor planning and execution - ANSWER-frontal lobe responsible for visual reception - ANSWER-occipital lobe receives somatosensory information - ANSWER-parietal lobe receives information abo...

Rostral/Caudal - ANSWER-Nose to tail medial/lateral - ANSWER-toward the midline/away from the midline ventral/dorsal - ANSWER-belly side/backside anterior/posterior - ANSWER-toward the front and back of the body superior/inferior - ANSWER-top and bottom Midline - ANSWER-An imaginary line drawn down the center of the body, dividing it into right and left halves. midsagittal plane - ANSWER-divides the body into left and right halves sagittal plane - ANSWER-divides body into le...

longitudinal fissure - ANSWER-separates cerebral hemispheres lateral fissure - ANSWER-the fissure that separates the temporal lobe from the overlying frontal and parietal lobes transverse fissure - ANSWER-separates cerebrum from cerebellum central sulcus - ANSWER-separates frontal and parietal lobes precentral sulcus (gyrus) - ANSWER-primary motor cortex Post Central Sulcus (Gyrus) - ANSWER-primary somatosensory cortex Label 3 parietal-occipital sulcus - ANSWER-Separates the p...