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What makes the Cortex?

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  • Layers and Lobes
  • Gyri and Sulci
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What makes the Subcortex?

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  • Basal Ganglia
  • Limbic System
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What is White Matter?

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Type of Projections

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What does Pre mean?

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Anterior of Root

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What does Post mean?

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Caudal of Root

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What is above the middle?

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Inferior

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What is below the middle?

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Superior

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What are Neurons?

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A means of communication
- Changes in electrical charge
- Release/Uptake of neurotransmitters

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What do all neurons have?

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The same basic structure of a cell body, dendrites and axon

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What do axons do?

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Carry electrical signals away from the cell body

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What do dendrites do?

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Receive electrical signals (via passive conduction) and chemical signals from synaptic cleft

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What are the four lobes?

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  • Frontal Lobe
  • Parietal Lobe
  • Temporal Lobe
  • Occipital Lobe
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What separates the frontal and parietal lobe?

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Central sulcus

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What is a gyrus?

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Bump - Raised Fold of cortex

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What is a sulcus?

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Buried Grooves of Cortex

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What is a lobule?

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Smaller than lobe, bigger than gyrus

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What does the inferior parietal lobule equal?

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Supramarginal gyrus + Angular Gyrus

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What are the deep sulcus?

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Fissures

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What is Cytoarchitecture?

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Cellular Composition

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What is Broadmann’s Area (BA)?

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Numbered regions differentiated by relative distribution of cell types across cortical layers

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What are examples of multipolar neurons?

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Motor Neuron, Pyramidal Neuron, Purkinje Cell

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What are examples of Bipolar Neurons?

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Retinal Neuron, Olfactory Neuron

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What are examples of Pseudounipolar Neurons?

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Sensory Axons

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What is layering?

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Subdividing cortex according to patterns of layerin g

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What are cortical layers I - III?
Integrative Functions (Cortico-cortico connections)
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What are cortical layers IV?
Sensory Input
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What are cortical layers V - VI?
Descending Output
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How many layers in the Neocortex?
6 layers
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What is the mesocortex?
Paralimbic System
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What is the Allocortex?
Hippocampus
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What are the 3 cortexes?
1. Primary Somatosensory or Motor Cortex 2. Secondary Somatosensory Cortex or Motor Cortex 3. Association Cortex
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What is primary somatosensory?
First cortical receiving area of sensory input
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What is secondary somatosensory?
Further perceptual processing
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What is Primary motor?
Last cortical area before motor output
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What is secondary motor?
Motor planning and control (Premotor Cortex, Supplementary Motor Area, Frontal Eye Field)
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What is M1
Primary Motor Cortex
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What is V1?
Primary Visual Cortex
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What is S1?
Primary Somatosensory Cortex
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What is A1?
Primary Auditory Cortex
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What is the Striate Cortex?
Primary Visual Cortex = BA 17 = V1
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What is the Extrastriate Cortex?
Secondary Visual Cortex = BA 18, 19 = V2, V3, V4, V5
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What is the Postcentral Gyrus?
Primary Somatosensory Cortex = S1
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What is the Precentral Gyrus?
Primary Motor Cortex = M1
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What is the Sensorimotor Cortex?
S1 + M1
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What does the sub cortex contain?
Thalamus and Hypothalamus Midbrain and Hindbrain Limbic System Basal Ganglia
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What is the Thalamus?
Processing stage between all sensory organs (except smell) and cortex
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What is the Hypothalamus?
Involved in regulating bodily functions/needs such as temperature, eating/drinking, sexual activity and the regulation of endocrine functions
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What does the Basal Ganglia consist of?
Globus Pallidus, Putamen, Caudate
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What does the Limbic System consist of?
Amygdala, Hippocampus, Fornix, Cingulate Gyrus, Mammilary Bodies, Septum
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What does the midbrain include?
The inferior and superior colliculi
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What is the inferior colliculi for?
Hearing
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What is the superior colliculi for?
Gaze orienting
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What does the Hindbrain include?
Pons, Medulla Oblongata which is responsible for vital functions such as breathing and heart rate
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Where is the cerebellum attached to?
The Hindbrain
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What does the cerebellum do?
Integrates information about motor commands with sensory feedback (enables smooth movement and dexterity)
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What is White Matter?
Any axonal projections such as association tracts, commisure, and projection tract
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