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Where are nonencapsulated nerve endings found? - ANSWER
-epithelia and
connective
tissues
What is the anterior association area associated with? -
ANSWER -Intellect,
complex learning, recall, personality, working memory,
abstract ideas,
judgment, reasoning, persistence, planning,
concern, conscience
What is the posterior association area for? - ANSWER -receives
input from all sensory association areas -> stores complex
memories linked to sensory input >puts info together to
understand what we see (Recognition of patterns, faces,
language).
What is contralateral neglect? - ANSWER -Damage to the
posterior association
,area causes someone to not see a part of them as a part
of themself.
What does the limbic association area do? - ANSWER -
Provides emotional
impact (e.g. danger associated with
something).
What side is cerebral dominant? - ANSWER -The hemisphere
that is dominant
for
language
What is cerebral white matter for? - ANSWER -
Communication between
cerebral areas, between cortex and lower
CNS centres
What are commissural fibers? - ANSWER -horizontal fibers
that connect gray
matter of two hemispheres (Left
& Right)
What is the largest commissural fiber? - ANSWER -corpus
callosum
What are association fibers? - ANSWER -Fibers that
connect areas of the
,cerebral cortex within the SAME hemisphere
(Anterior & Posterior)
What are projection fibers? - ANSWER -To or from cortex to
rest of nervous
system
(Vertical)
What are basal nuclei? - ANSWER -Concentrations of gray
matter
What are the three basal nuclei? - ANSWER -caudate
nucleus, putamen,
globus
pallidus
What do basal nuclei do? - ANSWER -They receive input from
the cortex and
provide output to motor parts of the cortex. Also inhibit
antagonistic actions by
filtering them out and sending only the best
response to cortex.
What are traumatic brain injuries? - ANSWER -Brain damage is
caused not only by localized injury at the site of the blow but
also by ricocheting brain hitting the opposite end of the skull
What is a concussion? - ANSWER -Alteration in brain
function, usually
, temporary following a blow to
the head
Victim might be dizzy or lose consciousness
Can produce over time cumulative damage
More serious can bruise the brain and cause permanent
neurological damage, condition called contusion Contusion;
the individual may remain conscious, or in a coma lasting
lifetime to an hour
cerebrovascular accident (CVA) (strokes) - ANSWER -The single
most common
nervous system
disorder
CVAs occur when blood circulation to a brain area is blocked
and brain tissue dies of ischemia, a reduction of blood supply
that impairs the delivery of oxygen and nutrients
Most common cause is a blood clot that blocks a cerebral
artery
Clot can originate outside the bran or form on the roughened
interior wall of a
brain artery narrowed by
atherosclerosis