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27 Cards in this Set
- Front
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The frontal lobe
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Motor control of the skeletal muscles and of speech centers
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The parietal lobe
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Involved in sensory information of skeletal muscles.
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The temporal lobe
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Is responsible for the sensation of smell, taste and hearing
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The occipital lobe
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Responsible for the sensation of vision.
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White matter
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External, composed of myelinated axons arranged in columns. The columns contain tracts for vertical relay.
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Gray matter
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Internal, each side is organized into horns, anterior, posterior and lateral. The horns contain interneurons that complete reflex arcs coordinated by the spinal chord.
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Spinal chord
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Spinal reflexes, relays sensory information
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Medulla oblongata
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sensory nuclei, reticular activating system; visceral control
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Cerebellum
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coordination of movements, balance
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thalamus
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relay station for ascending sensory and descending tracts, visceral control.
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Thalamus
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Relay station for ascending sensory and descending tracts; visceral control
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hypothalamus
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visceral control, neuroendocrine control
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corpus callosum
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connects the two hemispheres
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hippocampus (limbic system)
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memory, emotion
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cerebral cortex
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higher functions
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Nasal cavity
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smell breathe
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eustacian tube
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connect nasal tube to the ear
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oral cavity
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for eating
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epiglottis
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stops food from going down windpipe
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salivary glands
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mucus for lubrication and amylase for carbs
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stomach
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digest protein
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pancreas
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digests all four types of macromolecules
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liver
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digests fats
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gall bladder
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holds bile
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What direction does blood go in veins
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towards from heart
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what direction does blood go in arteries?
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away from the heart
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What is special about pulmonary veins and arteries?
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arteries deoxygenated, veins oxygenated
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