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23 Cards in this Set
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What part of the brain is responsible for the conscious mind?
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Cerebral cortex
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What are the 3 functional areas of the cerebral cortex?
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motor, sensory, and association
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What motor area is responsible for conscious control of voluntary movement of skeletal muscle?
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primary motor cortex
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what motor area controls learned motor skills of a repetitious or patterned nature?
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premotor cortex
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what motor area directs muscles controlling speech
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broca's area
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what motor area control voluntary movement of eyes?
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frontal eye field
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what sensory area identifies info from our environment?
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primary somatosensory cortex
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what sensory area integrates sensory input to produce understanding of object being felt?
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somatosensory association cortex
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what visual area receives signals from the inner eye?
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primary visual cortex
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what visual area interprets visual stimuli?
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Visual association area
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what auditory area receives signals from the inner ear?
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primary auditory cortex
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what auditory area integrates sound stimuli and permits recognition of the sound?
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auditory association area
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what is responsible for the perception of smell
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olfactory cortex
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what is responsible for the perception of taste
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gustatory cortex
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what is responsible for the concious perception of visceral sensations?
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visceral sensory cortex
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what is responsible for awareness of balance?
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vestibular cortex
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what area is responsible for intellect, complex learning abilities, memory, planning and judgment and personality?
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anterior association area
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what area is responsible for integrating sensory information and recognition of patterns and faces?
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posterior association area
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what association area provides emotional impact
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limbic association
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What is responsible for crude awareness in the Diencephalon?
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thalamus
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what maintains overall body homeostasis in the Diencephalon?
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hypothalamus
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what helps regulate sleep-wake cycle in the Diencephalon?
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epithalamus
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What part of the brainstem controls head and eye movement in response to sound?
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Corpora quadrigemina (midbrain)
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