Central Nervous System

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Embryonic Development (look in BOOK) Neural Tube Primary Brain Vesicles Secondary Brain Vesicles Neural Canal Derivitive Structures within Brain Region
Neural Tube-(nothing just a tube) Primary Brain Vesicles -prosencephalon (forebrain) -Mesencephalon (midbrain) -rhombencephalon (hindbrain) Secondary Brain Vesicles (Mesencephalon (midbrain)) Tell Di Mes Met My (mom) Neural Canal Derivitive Structures within Brain Region
Cranial Meninges -_________ ______ layers surrounding _____ and ______ _____ -Functions: -__________ _____ from _____ -_________ and ______ blood vessels supplying the brain -________ and ______ ____________ _____
-Connective Tissue layers surrounding brain and spinal cord -Functions: -Separate brain from skull -Enclose and protect blood vessels supplying the brain -contain and circulate cerebrospinal fluid
Brain Ventricles hint: there is 6!
Brain Ventricles -Lateral Ventricles -Septum Pellucidum -Third Ventricle -Mesencephalic (cerebral) aqueduct -fourth ventricle -choroid plexus (which makes cerebral spinal fluid)
Cerebral Sinal Fluid (CSF) -produced in the _________ ______ -made of ________ cells -_____, ________ fluid -circulates through the _________ functions: ________ (reduces brain wieght by __%) ________ (provides liquid cushion) ____________ ________(transports _________, ________ __________ and removes ______).
-produced in the choroid plexus -made of ependymal cells -clear, colorless fluid -circulates through the ventricles functions: Buoyancy (reduces brain wieght by 95%) Protection (provides liquid cushion) Environmental stability (transports nutrients, chemical messangers, and removes wastes).
Hydrocephalus "_______ on the _____" -excessive _ _ _ -can result from either ________ of _ _ _ flow or problems with the ________ ____ intrinsically -can be treated by inserting ___________ _____(VP) or _________ ______ ____________(ETV)
"water on the brain" -excessive CSF -can result from either obstruction of CSF flow or problems with the arachnoid villi intrinsically -can be treated by inserting ventroculoperitoneal shunt (VP) or endoscopic thrid ventriculostomy (ETV)
Cerebrum -location of _________ ________ processes -divided into _______________ -connected by ________ _________ -____ _______
-location of conscious thought processes -divided into hemispheres -connected by corpus callosum -gray matter
Lobes of Cerebrum -Frontal -________ making, ________, verbal ____________, _______ motor control of _______ muscles
Lobes of Cerebrum -Frontal -Decision making, personality, verbal communication, voluntary motor control of skeletal muscles
What does the parietal lobe control?
-Parietal -sensory interpretation of textures and shapes, understanding speech
What does the temporal lobe control?
-auditory and olfactory experience
What does the occipital lobe cause?
Vision
What does the insula cause?
taste, memory
Cerebellum -________ and __________ body movements via: information on ___________ and ________, information on current ____________, proprioception
-smoothes and coordinates body movements via: information on equillibrium and posture, information on current movements, proprioception
Parts of the cerebellum?
-cerebellar hemispheres, vermis, arbor vitea
Brain Stem called the?
"primitive brain"
Brain Stem -___________ passageway between _______ and _____ _____.. -Contains many _______ and _____ centers essential for ________ -includes the ______________, _____, and _______ _________ -______ ________ -no _____ thought -just ________ ____
-Bidirectional passageway between cerebrum and spinal cord. -Contains many autonomic and reflex centers essential for survival -includes the mesencephalon, pons, and medulla oblongata -heart beating -no higher thought -just physically alive