Neurophysiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 111: What is the function of the neocerebellum?_____

Answer: Planning and programming movements

Flashcard 112: What parts of the brain are particularly sensitive to cyanide toxicity?_____

Answer: Basal ganglia

Flashcard 113: The _____ hemisphere is concerned with logical, analytical, sequential thinking, and verbal tasks, such as math, language forms, and philosophy

Answer: categorical

Flashcard 114: Most of the synapses used for signal transmission in the central nervous system are _____ synapses.

Answer: chemical

Flashcard 115: Wave III of BERA is produced by the _____

Answer: Superior olivary complex (SOC)

Extra: The standard anatomical correlates for BERA (Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry) waves are: • Wave I: Distal portion of the 8th cranial nerve • Wave II: Cochlear nucleus (proximal 8th nerve) • **Wave III: Superior olivary complex** • Wave IV: Lateral lemniscus • Wave V: Inferior colliculus (most prominent wave) • Wave VI: Medial geniculate body • Wave VII: Auditory radiations Mnemonic: **E COLI** (Eighth nerve, Cochlear nucleus, Olivary complex, Lateral lemniscus, Inferior colliculus).

Flashcard 116: _____ is the opposite of habituation and is one of the mechanisms involved in synaptic plasticity and learning

Answer: Sensitization

Flashcard 117: What part of the brain is responsible for the involuntary control of facial muscles in emotional states?_____

Answer: Thalamus

Flashcard 118: Stretch reflex:Muscle stretch reflex is a _____-synaptic reflex

Answer: mono

Flashcard 119: What is the function of the VPM (ventral posteromedial) nucleus of the thalamus?

Answer: Relays sensory information from the face (trigeminal nerve) and taste.

Flashcard 120: Genesis of emotion is by the _____

Answer: limbic system