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BIO 225 EXAM 4 TARA DUCK EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+



spinal cord - (answer)begins at the foramen magnum

end at L1 and L2

ascending descending

cervical (arms) and lumbosacral enlargements (legs)

reflex center

A thick cord of tissue that starts at the head.



Spinal cord-white mater - (answer)White columns

Dorsal funiculus

Ventral funiculus

lateral funiculus



Spinal cord-nerves - (answer)Dorsal root ganglion

Dorsal root

spinal nerve

ventral root



spinal cord gray matter - (answer)Somatic and visceral sensory and somatic and visceral motor nuclei
(know where these are on figure)



spina bifida - (answer)congenital defect in which one or more vertebrae fail to complete vertebral arch
for enclosure of the spinal cord



Folic acid reduces risk



spinal cord meninges - (answer)dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater

,BIO 225 EXAM 4 TARA DUCK EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+




sensory areas of cerebral cortex - (answer)General senses and special senses



General senses of the cerebral cortex - (answer)Pain, temperatures, touch, pressure, and vibration

Proprioception



Special sense of the cerebral cortex - (answer)vision, hearing, taste (gustation), smell(olfactory),
equillibrium(vestibular)



cerebral lateralization - (answer)the division of labor between the two cerebral hemispheres such that
each hemisphere is specialized for particular types of processing

Left-controls language, math, logic (90%)

Right-controls visual-spatial skills, intuition, emotion, artistic, and musical skills (10%0



decussation - (answer)cross- over

contralateral



relay - (answer)chain of neurons



somatotopy - (answer)spatial representation of body on cortex



symmetry - (answer)pair pathways

what on left is on right



first order (sensory) - (answer)-recieves from the cutaneous receptors and proprioceptors

-extends to spinal cord or medulla

,BIO 225 EXAM 4 TARA DUCK EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+




second order (interneuron) - (answer)-cell body to Dorsal horn of spinal cord or medullary nuclei

-extends to thalamus or cerebellum



third order (interneuron) - (answer)-cell body to thalamus

- extends to somatosensory cortex

-not present in cerebellum



medial leminiscal pathway (ascending) - (answer)-cuneatus fasciculis

-gracilis fascilius

-transmits to somatosensory cortex

-discriminative touch and vibration



cuneatus fasciculus - (answer)diaphagram up



gracilis fasiculus - (answer)diaphragm down



spinothalamic pathway (ascending) - (answer)-transmits to somatosensory cortex

- pain, temp, crude touch, pressure



spinocerebllar tracts (ascending) - (answer)-transmits to cerebellum

- propioception

- coordinates muscles activity



proprioceptions - (answer)balance, body location

, BIO 225 EXAM 4 TARA DUCK EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+



ascending - (answer)medial lemiscal pathway

spinothalmic pathway

spinocerebellar tracts



descending - (answer)upper motor

lower motor

direct pathway

indirect pathway



upper motor neuron - (answer)begin in primary motor cortex, in brain stem



lower motor neuron - (answer)begin in ventral horn

innervate skeletal muscles



direct pathways - (answer)begins in cerebral cortex



indirect pathways - (answer)begins in brainstem



direct - (answer)corticospinal



indirect - (answer)tectospinal

vestibulospinal

rubrospinal

reticulospinal



corticospinal - (answer)fast and fine movements of skeletal muscles

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