SCRN EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
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Function of the Frontal Lobe - Correct Answer "EXECUTIVE" functions reasoning, emotions, judgement, voluntary movement planning and initiation, personality expression and moderation of social functions Broca's area is in this lobe (production of speech) Function of the Parietal Lobe - Correct Answer "SENSES" Processes sensory input Language processing, recognition and orientation, and sensory of perception stimuli Gustatory area is here in which your taste buds are here Function of Right Parietal Lobe - Correct Answer interpretation of the body in accordance to the objects within its surroundings Function of the Left Parietal Lobe - Correct Answer Ability to understand numbers and manipulation of objects Function of the Occipital Lobe - Correct Answer visual processing, visual spatial processing, motor perception and color recognition Function of the Temporal Lobe - Correct Answer Wernicke's are is here in which responsible for hearing and speech processing/ speech and memory and recognition of auditory stimuli Function of the cerebellum - Correct Answer Balance and coordination Coordination of voluntary movements; equilibrium and muscle tone Central Sulcus - Correct Answer separates the frontal and parietal lobes Lateral Sulcus - Correct Answer also known as Sylvian Fissure; separates the frontal and temporal lobes 1 / 3
What is the brainstem composed of? - Correct Answer Midbrain, Medulla Oblongata, and Pons Function of the Midbrain - Correct Answer Processes sight, sound, and reflex Maintains consciousness Maintains respiratory and cardiovascular homeostasis Function of the Pons - Correct Answer Connects cerebellum to the cerebrum Controls regulating breathing Controls involuntary swallowing processes Functions of the Medulla Oblongata - Correct Answer regulates autonomic functions like RR, HR, and digestive processes like vomiting, sneezing, swallowing, coughing, and balance Pneumonic For Cranial Nerves - Correct Answer OLD OPERATORS OCCASIONALLY TROUBLESHOOT
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Pneumonic for cranial nerves if it's sensory or motor - Correct Answer SOME SAY MARRY MONEY
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Where is the sensory cortex located? - Correct Answer parietal lobe; in the postcentral gyrus where is the motor cortex located - Correct Answer in the precentral gyrus; anterior to the central sulcus which separates the frontal and parietal lobe What is the two halves of the brain separated by? - Correct Answer Medial longitudinal fissure Function of the Corpus Callosum - Correct Answer connects the right and left hemisphere together and facilitates communication Function of the Left Cerebral Cortex - Correct Answer controls the right side of the body and speech center 2 / 3
Function of the Right Cerebral Cortex - Correct Answer controls the left side of the body and "spatial" relationship What are the three protective membranes? (innermost to outer) - Correct Answer REMEMBER PAD
PIA, ARACHNOID, AND DURA MATER
Pia Mater - Correct Answer Innermost layer of the meninges Fits the brain like a glove Covers the surface of the brain Arachnoid Mater - Correct Answer middle layer of meninges; cerebrospinal fluid and blood vessels found here; "spiderweb-like mother" Dura Mater - Correct Answer thick, outermost layer of the meninges surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord composed of thick, fibrous connective tissue what are the two notable dural folds? - Correct Answer the FALX and TENTORIUM Falx - Correct Answer separates the right and left hemispheres of the brain tentorium - Correct Answer separates cerebrum from cerebellum Where do most subarachnoid hemorrhage form? - Correct Answer in the subarachnoid space since this is where most cerebral blood vessels lie and aneurysms commonly form on the vessels What does the central sulcus separate? - Correct Answer the frontal and parietal lobes What does the lateral sulcus/ fissure separate? - Correct Answer the frontal and temporal lobes What is the diencephalon composed of? - Correct Answer Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Pituitary Gland
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