Region of brain responsible for vitals’ function - including respiratory control, and heart rate and BP regulation
Medulla Oblongata
Region of brain responsible for coordinadtion
Cerebellum
Of the three initial germ layers in organogenesis - mesoderm, endoderm, ectoderm - which will become the nervous system?
Ectoderm
The initial structure in embryology which will develop into the three primary brain divisions: the prosencephalon (forebrain), mesencephalon (midbrain), and rhombencephalon (hindbrain)
The Neural Tube
Outer layer of the brain which represents the highest level of neuronal organization and function (higher cognitive thinking)
Cerebral Cortex
What receptors regulate blood pressure and what region are their information processed in?
Baroreceptors - Medulla Oblongata
Baroreceptors are what broader category of receptor?
Mechanoreceptor - they get activated by actually getting physically stretched
Broad causes of Ataxia
Sensory
Vestibular
Cerebellar
Three Most Common Types of Amnesia
Retrograde - can’t recall past events that should be encoded
Anterograde - can’t form new memories in ongoing time
Dissociative - past encoded memory intact and can form new memories, however identity is lost
What is the Romberg Test, and how does it work?
Patient is asked to stand with their eyes closed for 30 to 60 seconds and feet together.
Positive test is marked by swaying or falling with eyes closed
–> indicates a loss of proprioception (position sense) or vestibular dysfunction, rather than cerebellar ataxia
