Brain Anatomy
The central sulcus divides these two lobes of the cerebrum
What is the frontal and parietal?
Broca’s area is important in coordinating muscles involved in this area
What is speech?
Coma is part of the continuum for defining this
What is consciousness?
The innermost meninx that protects the brain and spinal cord is this
What is the pia mater?
The terminal end of the spinal cord is called this
What is conus medullaris?
The arbor vitae is located in this part of the brain
What is Cerebellum?
The cardiovascular center is found here
What is medulla oblongata?
The region of the brain that allows us to understand language is this
What is Wernicke's area?
The main component responsible for the blood brain barrier
What is tight junctions?
The gray matter zones located in the dorsal horn
What is visceral sensory & somatic sensory?
Fibers that connect gray matter between the two cerebral hemispheres are called this
What are commissures?
These brain's areas are needed to understand what we see and hear
What are association areas?
These brain waves are emitted during most REM sleep
What is alpha brain waves?
Cerebrospinal fluid is absorbed back into the blood by this
What is arachnoid villus?
The lateral corticospinal tract is a ______ pathway
What is descending?
The basal nuclei are part of this
What is cerebrum
This region of the brain could be described as the Grand Central Station of sensory input
What is thalamus?
Bilateral destruction of this area causes severe memory loss
What is hippocampus?
The central canal of the spinal cord is analogous to this part of the brain
What are ventricles?
Pain follows this pathway to the brain
What is lateral spinothalamic tract?
The ventral posterolateral nuclei are located here
What is diencephalon?
This system is important when you study because it can filter out distractions
What is reticular formation?
What are factors in transferring short-term memory to long-term memory
What is association, emotion, and repetition?
The blood brain barrier is an effective barrier against all of these
Neurons that transmit impulses from the spinal cord to the thalamus are called this
What is second order?