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AP 1
Test 4 Checklist
Summer 2014
BRAIN and CRANIAL NERVES –
What are the 4 parts of the brain and the # of neurons compared with # of neuroglial cells?
What is the protection to the brain including the meninges (in order) ? Know the spaces between them and what each space contains
What is a hematoma? Where is an epidural hematoma vs a subdural hematoma?
What produces CSF? What is the route that CSF will follow, from choroid plexus to superior sagittal sinus? What space is CSF found in? Be able to trace the flow of CSF from the choroid plexus through the CNS back to the brain.
What cells line the CSF route? What is hydrocephalus? What does a shunt do?
What are the 2 types of meningitis and which is the most serious?
Terms: nucleus vs ganglion, Circle of Willis, Blood Brain Barrier, decussation and contralateral control, medullary rhythmicity center,
What can damage the BBB?
What is the connection between CSF and skull fractures?
TERMS: Parkinson’s Disease, Substania nigra, dopamine.
Why can’t dopamine be given to treat Parkinson’s? What is L-Dopa?
Where is the brainstem and what parts compose it? What is the function of the medulla oblongata? Name the parts of the corpora quadragemina and what is the function of each part.
What is anencephaly?
What are the parts of the diencephalon? What do the thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland do? What is melatonin?
What sensory input does not go through the thalamus?
What and where is the cerebellum and what is its functions? What is the arbor vitae made of and where is it found? What is the vermis?
What is the cerebrum? The corpus collosum? Cerebral cortex (know its location and that it’s made of gray matter) What is the purpose of the convulsions (gyri and sulci)? Do all animals have convolutions in their cerebrum?
What are the 3 types of fibers and what do they connect within the cerebrum?
What is the limbic system (amygdala and hippocampus)? What are pheromones?
TERMS: concussion,
Test 4 Checklist
Summer 2014
BRAIN and CRANIAL NERVES –
What are the 4 parts of the brain and the # of neurons compared with # of neuroglial cells?
What is the protection to the brain including the meninges (in order) ? Know the spaces between them and what each space contains
What is a hematoma? Where is an epidural hematoma vs a subdural hematoma?
What produces CSF? What is the route that CSF will follow, from choroid plexus to superior sagittal sinus? What space is CSF found in? Be able to trace the flow of CSF from the choroid plexus through the CNS back to the brain.
What cells line the CSF route? What is hydrocephalus? What does a shunt do?
What are the 2 types of meningitis and which is the most serious?
Terms: nucleus vs ganglion, Circle of Willis, Blood Brain Barrier, decussation and contralateral control, medullary rhythmicity center,
What can damage the BBB?
What is the connection between CSF and skull fractures?
TERMS: Parkinson’s Disease, Substania nigra, dopamine.
Why can’t dopamine be given to treat Parkinson’s? What is L-Dopa?
Where is the brainstem and what parts compose it? What is the function of the medulla oblongata? Name the parts of the corpora quadragemina and what is the function of each part.
What is anencephaly?
What are the parts of the diencephalon? What do the thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland do? What is melatonin?
What sensory input does not go through the thalamus?
What and where is the cerebellum and what is its functions? What is the arbor vitae made of and where is it found? What is the vermis?
What is the cerebrum? The corpus collosum? Cerebral cortex (know its location and that it’s made of gray matter) What is the purpose of the convulsions (gyri and sulci)? Do all animals have convolutions in their cerebrum?
What are the 3 types of fibers and what do they connect within the cerebrum?
What is the limbic system (amygdala and hippocampus)? What are pheromones?
TERMS: concussion,