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23 Cards in this Set
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In charge of personality, judgement, planning, motivation, and Intelligence |
Prefrontal Area (A) |
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Interprets sound - ie: tone and volume |
Auditory Association Area (G) |
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Physical movement of the mouth, tongue, lips, and jaw to make speech possible |
Motor Speech Area (H) |
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Physical Sight |
Visual cortex (F) |
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Learned movement - typing, bike riding |
Premotor area (B) |
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Primary Auditory Area |
Primary Auditory Area (G) |
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Interprets visual and auditory impulses so language is understood, makes sense of what is to be spoken. |
Sensory Speech Area (I) |
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Makes sense of what you see |
Visual Association Area (F) |
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Physical movement of specific parts - each area of this brain region is connected to a specific area of the body |
Primary Somatic Motor Area (C) |
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Receives sensory information from various parts of the body, each part of this brain region is connected to a specific area of the body. |
Primary Somatic Sensory Area (E) |
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Interprets and analyzes sensory input |
Primary Sensory Association Area (D) |
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Involves conscious thought, perception, communication and memory |
Cerebral Cortex ( gray matter) |
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Allows communication between cerebral areas, cerebral Cortex and other brain regions |
Cerebral White Matter |
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Connects left and right and right sides of the brain |
Corpus Callosum |
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Relay center for senses - touches, hearing, vision, taste, pain, temperature, NOT SMELL |
Thalamus |
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Involves basic drives - hunger, thrist, sleep, sex, rage, aggression, pleasure and fear |
Hypothalamus |
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Biological clock and body rhythms |
Pineal Gland |
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Controls heartbeat, breathing, and vasoconstriction |
Medulla Oblongata |
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Assists in controlling respiration, connection center, redirects signals to and from spinal cord. |
Pons |
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Regulates auditory and visual reflexes |
Midbrain |
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Cerebrospinal fluid flow through these areas |
Ventricles |
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Releases hormones that reach target organs - hormones stimulate growth and maturation of targeted organs. |
Pituitary Gland |
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Responsible for balance |
Cerebellum |
