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Transcript
Chapter
13
The Brain
and Cranial
Nerves
PowerPoint® Lecture Slides
prepared by Jason LaPres
Lone Star College - North Harris
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An Introduction to the Brain and Cranial Nerves
• The Adult Human Brain
• Ranges from 750 cc to 2100 cc
• Contains almost 97% of the body’s neural tissue
• Average weight about 1.4 kg (3 lb)
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The Brain
• Six Regions of the Brain
• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Diencephalon
• Mesencephalon
• Pons
• Medulla oblongata
3D Peel-Away of the Brain
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The Brain
• Cerebrum
• Largest part of brain
• Controls higher mental functions
• Divided into left and right cerebral hemispheres
• Surface layer of gray matter (neural cortex)
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The Brain
• Cerebrum
• Neural cortex
• Also called cerebral cortex
• Folded surface increases surface area
• Elevated ridges (gyri)
• Shallow depressions (sulci)
• Deep grooves (fissures)
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The Brain
• Cerebellum
• Second largest part of brain
• Coordinates repetitive body movements
• Two hemispheres
• Covered with cerebellar cortex
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The Brain
• Diencephalon
• Located under cerebrum and cerebellum
• Links cerebrum with brain stem
• Three divisions
• Left thalamus
• Right thalamus
• Hypothalamus
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The Brain
• Diencephalon
• Thalamus
• Relays and processes sensory information
• Hypothalamus
• Hormone production
• Emotion
• Autonomic function
• Pituitary gland
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Major endocrine gland
Connected to hypothalamus
Via infundibulum (stalk)
Interfaces nervous and endocrine systems
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The Brain
• The Brain Stem
• Processes information between
• Spinal cord and cerebrum or cerebellum
• Includes
• Mesencephalon
• Pons
• Medulla oblongata
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The Brain
• The Brain Stem
• Mesencephalon
• Also called midbrain
• Processes sight, sound, and associated reflexes
• Maintains consciousness
• Pons
• Connects cerebellum to brain stem
• Is involved in somatic and visceral motor control
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The Brain
• The Brain Stem
• Medulla oblongata
• Connects brain to spinal cord
• Relays information
• Regulates autonomic functions:
• heart rate, blood pressure, and digestion
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The Brain
Figure 13–1 An Introduction to Brain Structures and Functions.
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The Brain
• Embryological Development
• Determines organization of brain structures
• Neural tube
• Origin of brain
• Enlarges into three primary brain vesicles
• prosencephalon
• mesencephalon
• rhombencephalon
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The Brain
• Five Secondary Brain Vesicles
• Telencephalon
• Diencephalon
• Mesencephalon
• Metencephalon
• Myelencephalon
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The Brain
• Origins of Brain Structures
• Diencephalon and mesencephalon persist
• Telencephalon:
• Becomes cerebrum
• Metencephalon
• Forms cerebellum and pons
• Myelencephalon
• Becomes medulla oblongata
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The Brain
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The Brain
• Ventricles of the Brain
• Origins of ventricles
• Neural tube encloses neurocoel
• Neurocoel expands to form chambers (ventricles) lined with
ependymal cells
• Each cerebral hemisphere contains one large lateral
ventricle
• Separated by a thin medial partition (septum pellucidum)
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The Brain
• Ventricles of the Brain
• Third ventricle
• Ventricle of the diencephalon
• Lateral ventricles communicate with third ventricle:
• via interventricular foramen (foramen of Monro)
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The Brain
• Ventricles of the Brain
• Fourth ventricle
• Extends into medulla oblongata
• Becomes continuous with central canal of the spinal cord
• Connects with third ventricle:
• via narrow canal in mesencephalon
• aqueduct of midbrain
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The Brain
Figure 13–2 Ventricles of the Brain.
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The Brain
• The brain is a large, delicate mass of neural tissue containing
internal passageways and chambers filled with cerebrospinal
fluid
• Each of the six major brain regions has specific functions
• Ascending from the medulla oblongata to the cerebrum, brain
functions become more complex and variable
• Conscious thought and intelligence are produced in the neural
cortex of the cerebral hemispheres
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Brain Protection and Support
• Physical protection
• Bones of the cranium
• Cranial meninges
• Cerebrospinal fluid
• Biochemical isolation
• Blood–brain barrier
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Brain Protection and Support
• The Cranial Meninges
• Have three layers:
• Dura mater
• Arachnoid mater
• Pia mater
• Are continuous with spinal meninges
• Protect the brain from cranial trauma
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Brain Protection and Support
• The Cranial Meninges
• Dura mater
• Inner fibrous layer (meningeal layer)
• Outer fibrous layer (endosteal layer) fused to periosteum
• Venous sinuses between two layers
• Arachnoid mater
• Covers brain
• Contacts epithelial layer of dura mater
• Subarachnoid space: between arachnoid mater and pia mater
• Pia mater
• Attached to brain surface by astrocytes
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Brain Protection and Support
• Dural Folds
• Folded inner layer of dura mater
• Extend into cranial cavity
• Stabilize and support brain
• Contain collecting veins (dural sinuses)
• Falx cerebri, tentorium cerebelli, and falx cerebelli
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Brain Protection and Support
• Dural Folds
• Falx cerebri
• Projects between the cerebral hemispheres
• Contains superior sagittal sinus and inferior sagittal sinus
• Tentorium cerebelli
• Separates cerebellum and cerebrum
• Contains transverse sinus
• Falx cerebelli
• Divides cerebellar hemispheres below the tentorium cerebelli
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 13–3a The Relationship among the Brain, Cranium, and Meninges.
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 13–3b The Relationship among the Brain, Cranium, and Meninges.
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Brain Protection and Support
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
• Surrounds all exposed surfaces of CNS
• Interchanges with interstitial fluid of brain
• Functions of CSF
• Cushions delicate neural structures
• Supports brain
• Transports nutrients, chemical messengers, and waste products
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Brain Protection and Support
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
• Choroid plexus
• Specialized ependymal cells and capillaries:
• secrete CSF into ventricles
• remove waste products from CSF
• adjust composition of CSF
• Produces about 500 mL of CSF/day
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Brain Protection and Support
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
• CSF circulates
• From choroid plexus
• Through ventricles
• To central canal of spinal cord
• Into subarachnoid space around the brain, spinal cord, and cauda
equina
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Brain Protection and Support
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
• CSF in subarachnoid space
• Arachnoid villi:
• extensions of subarachnoid space
• extend through dura mater to superior sagittal sinus
• Arachnoid granulations:
• large clusters of villi
• absorb CSF into venous circulation
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 13–4 The Formation and Circulation of Cerebrospinal Fluid.
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 13–4a The Formation and Circulation of Cerebrospinal Fluid.
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 13–4b The Formation and Circulation of Cerebrospinal Fluid.
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Brain Protection and Support
• Blood Supply to the Brain
• Supplies nutrients and oxygen to brain
• Delivered by internal carotid arteries and vertebral
arteries
• Removed from dural sinuses by internal jugular veins
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 19–22 Arteries of the Neck and Head.
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 19–23 Arteries of the Brain.
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 19–28 Major Veins of the Head, Neck, and Brain.
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Brain Protection and Support
Figure 19–28 Major Veins of the Head, Neck, and Brain.
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Brain Protection and Support
• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Disorders interfere with blood circulation to brain
• Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
• Shuts off blood to portion of brain
• Neurons die
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Brain Protection and Support
• Blood–Brain Barrier
• Isolates CNS neural tissue from general circulation
• Formed by network of tight junctions
• Between endothelial cells of CNS capillaries
• Lipid-soluble compounds (O2, CO2), steroids, and
prostaglandins diffuse into interstitial fluid of brain and
spinal cord
• Astrocytes control blood–brain barrier by releasing
chemicals that control permeability of endothelium
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Brain Protection and Support
• Blood–CSF Barrier
• Formed by special ependymal cells
• Surround capillaries of choroid plexus
• Limits movement of compounds transferred
• Allows chemical composition of blood and CSF to differ
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Brain Protection and Support
• Four Breaks in the BBB
• Portions of hypothalamus
• Secrete hypothalamic hormones
• Posterior lobe of pituitary gland
• Secretes hormones ADH and oxytocin
• Pineal glands
• Pineal secretions
• Choroid plexus
• Where special ependymal cells maintain blood–CSF barrier
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Brain Protection and Support
• Meninges stabilize brain in cranial cavity
• Cerebrospinal fluid protects against sudden
movement
• CSF provides nutrients and removes wastes
• Blood–brain barrier and blood–CSF barrier
• Selectively isolate brain from chemicals in blood that might
disrupt neural function
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The Medulla Oblongata
• The Medulla Oblongata
• Allows brain and spinal cord to communicate
• Coordinates complex autonomic reflexes
• Controls visceral functions
• Nuclei in the Medulla
• Autonomic nuclei: control visceral activities
• Sensory and motor nuclei: of cranial nerves
• Relay stations: along sensory and motor pathways
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The Medulla Oblongata
Figure 13–5a The Diencephalon and Brain Stem.
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The Medulla Oblongata
Figure 13–5b The Diencephalon and Brain Stem.
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The Medulla Oblongata
Figure 13–5c The Diencephalon and Brain Stem.
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The Medulla Oblongata
• The Medulla Oblongata
• Includes three groups of nuclei
• Autonomic nuclei
• Sensory and motor nuclei of cranial nerves
• Relay stations along sensory and motor pathways
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The Medulla Oblongata
• Autonomic Nuclei of the Medulla Oblongata
• Reticular formation
• Gray matter with embedded nuclei
• Regulates autonomic functions
• Reflex centers
• Control peripheral systems:
• cardiovascular centers:
• cardiac center
• control blood flow through peripheral tissues
• respiratory rhythmicity centers
sets pace for respiratory movements
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The Medulla Oblongata
• Sensory and Motor Nuclei of the Medulla Oblongata
• Associated with 5 of 12 cranial nerves (VIII, IX,
X, XI, XII)
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The Medulla Oblongata
• Relay Stations of the Medulla Oblongata
• Nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus
• Pass somatic sensory information to thalamus
• Solitary nucleus
• Receives visceral sensory information
• Olivary nuclei (olives)
• Relay information about somatic motor commands
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The Medulla Oblongata
Figure 13–6a The Medulla Oblongata and Pons.
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The Medulla Oblongata
Figure 13–6b The Medulla Oblongata and Pons.
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The Pons
• The Pons
• Links cerebellum with mesencephalon, diencephalon,
cerebrum, and spinal cord
• Sensory and motor nuclei of cranial nerves V, VI, VII, VIII
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The Pons
• The Pons
• Nuclei involved with respiration
• Apneustic center and pneumotaxic center:
• modify respiratory rhythmicity center activity
• Nuclei and tracts
• Process and relay information to and from cerebellum
• Ascending, descending, and transverse tracts:
• transverse fibers (axons):
• link nuclei of pons with opposite cerebellar hemisphere
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The Pons
Figure 13–6a The Medulla Oblongata and Pons.
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The Pons
Figure 13–6b The Medulla Oblongata and Pons.
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The Pons
Figure 13–6c The Medulla Oblongata and Pons.
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The Pons
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The Pons
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The Cerebellum
• Functions of the Cerebellum
• Adjusts postural muscles
• Fine-tunes conscious and subconscious movements
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The Cerebellum
• Structures of the Cerebellum
• Folia
• Surface of cerebellum
• Highly folded neural cortex
• Anterior and posterior lobes
• Separated by primary fissure
• Cerebellar hemispheres:
• Separated at midline by vermis
• Vermis
• Narrow band of cortex
• Flocculonodular lobe
• Below fourth ventricle
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The Cerebellum
• Structures of the Cerebellum
• Purkinje cells
• Large, branched cells
• Found in cerebellar cortex
• Receive input from up to 200,000 synapses
• Arbor vitae
• Highly branched, internal white matter of cerebellum
• Cerebellar nuclei: embedded in arbor vitae:
• relay information to Purkinje cells
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The Cerebellum
• Structures of the Cerebellum
• The peduncles
• Tracts link cerebellum with brain stem, cerebrum, and spinal cord:
• superior cerebellar peduncles
• middle cerebellar peduncles
• inferior cerebellar peduncles
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The Cerebellum
• Disorders of the Cerebellum
• Ataxia
• Damage from trauma or stroke
• Intoxication (temporary impairment)
• Disturbs muscle coordination
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The Cerebellum
Figure 13–7a The Cerebellum.
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