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3 Parts of the brain
cerebrum
cerebellum
brain stem
LONGITUDAL FISSURE
DEVIDES THE BRAIN INTO THE RIGHT AND LEFT HEMISPHERES
TRANSVERS FISSURE
DIVIDES THE CEREBELLUM AND THE CEREBRUM
GYRI
RIDGES
SULCI
GROOVES
FRONTAL LOBE
MOTOR FUNCTION
BEHAVIOR AND EMOTIONS
MEMORY STORAGE
THINKING
SMELL
PERIETAL LOBE
BODY SENSE, PERCEPTION AND SPEECH
OCCIPITAL LOBE
VISION
TEMPORAL LOBE
HEARING, TASTE, LANGUAGE COMPREHENTION, INTEGRATION OF EMOTIONS
INSULA
DEEP INSIDE THE TEMPORAL LOBE

AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS
CEREBELLUM
THE "LITTLE BRAIN"

SENSORY AND MOTOR COORDINATION AND BALANCE
PRECENTRAL GYRUS
ANTERIOR TO CENTRAL SULCUS
POSTCENTRAL GYRUS
POSTERIOR TO CENTRAL SULCUS
BROCA'S AREA
AREA IN THE FRONTAL LOBE WHICH CONTROLS MOTOR OUTPUT FOR SPEECH
WERNICKE'S AREA
GENERAL INTERPRETIVE AREA OF MANY TYPES OF SENSORY INFORMATION
MIDBRAIN
RELAYS SENSORY AND MOTOR INFO
3 SECTIONS OF THE BRAIN STEM
MIDBRAIN
PONS
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
PONS
RELAYS SENSORY AND MOTOR INFO; ROLE IN BREATHING
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
REGULATES HEARTRATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, BREATHING, AND REFLEX CENTER FOR COUGHING, SNEEZING, SWALLOWING AND VOMITING
ENCEPHALITIS
ACUTE INFECTION OF VIRAL ORIGIN, WITH CNS INVOLVEMENT
OFTEN CAUSE BY VIRUS FROM MOSQUITOES
PRION DISEASE
CAUSED BY PROTIEN
BRAIN DEVELOPS LARGE VACUOLES ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE CNS
CORTEX
THE LAYER OF GRAY MATTER SURROUNDING THE WHITE MATTER OF THE BRAIN
NUCLEI
DEEP ISLANDS OF GRAY MATTER SURROUNDED BY WHITE MATTER
VENTRICLES
FLUID FILLED CAVITIES IN THE BRAIN
CORPUS CALLOSUM
WHITE MATTER SURROUNDING THE LATERAL VENTRICLES CONNECTING THE RIGHT AND LEFT HEMESPHERE
DIENCEPHALON
SECTION OF THE BRAIN INFERIOR TO THE CEREBRUM

CONTROLS HORMONE LEVELS, HUNGER AND THIRST, BODY TEMP AND SLEEP CYCLES
PARTS OF THE DIENCEPHALON
THALAMUS
HYPOTHALAMUS
PINEAL BODY
PITUITARY GLAND
THALAMUS
RELAYS AND PROCESSES INFORMATION GOING TO THE CEREBRUM
HYPOTHALAMUS
REGULATES HORMONE LEVELS, TEMP, THIRST, APPETITE AND SOME EMOTIONS
CONTROLS ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
PINEAL BODY
RESPONSIBLE FOR SECRETION OF MELATONIN
PITUITARY GLAND
SECRETES HORMONES FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS.
SOMATIC SENSATION
SENSE OF TOUCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS FOR SENSORY INFORMATION
SPINOTHALAMIC
LATERAL
ANTERIOR
DORSAL COLUMN
SPINOCEREBELLAR
SPINOTHALAMIC PATHWAY
FROM SKIN TO SOMATIC SENSORY CORTEX
LATERAL
PAIN AND TEMPERATURE
ANTERIOR PATHWAY
ITCH PRESSURE AND TICKLE
DORSAL COLLUMN
FINE TOUCH AND LIMB POSITION
SPINOCEREBELLAR
POSTURE
BASAL NUCLEI
MOTOR COORDINATION SYSTEM
LIMBIC SYSTEM
CONTROLS EMOTION AND MOOD
DIRECT SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS
CORTICOSPINAL TRACT
CORTICOBULBAR TRACT

VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT
INDIRECT SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS
RETICULOSPINAL
RUBROSPINAL

UNCONSCIOUS MOVEMENT
CORTICOSPINAL PATHWAY
VOLUNTARY BODY MOVEMENT BELOW THE NECK
CORTICOBULBAR
VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT OF THE FACE AND HEAD
RETICULOSPINAL
POSTURE ADJUSTMENT
RUBROSPINAL
MOVEMENT COORDINATION
GANGLION
A GROUP OF NERVE CELL BODIES OUTSIDE THE CNS
ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING
FROM INSECTICIDES USED IN AGRICULTURE AND CHEMICAL WARFARE

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE ANXIETY, RESTLESSNESS, TREMOR, HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, CIMS, AND SIEZURES
LIMBIC SYSTEM
A SERIES OF NUCLEI IN THE CEREBRUM, DIENCEPHALON AND SUPERIOR BRAIN STEM CONTOLLING MOOD, EMOTION AND MEMORY
RETICULAR SYSTEM
DIFFUSE NETWORK OF NUCLEI IN THE BRAIN STEM RESPONSIBLE FOR "WAKING UP" YOUR CEREBRAL CORTEX

VITAL TO MAINTAIN CONSCIOUS AWARENESS OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
POOL OF BLOOD BETWEEN THE DURA MATER AND ARACHNOID MATER IN SUBDURAL SPACE.
CAUSED BY HEAD INJURIES
CAN CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE AND DEATH
VENTRICLES
THE CAVITIES IN THE BRAIN
LATERAL VENTRICLE 1 AND 2
IN THE CEREBRUM
3RD VENTRICLE
IN THE DIENCEPHALON
4TH VENTRICLE
INFERIOR PART OF THE BRAIN BETWEEN THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA AND THE CEREBELLUM
BURR HOLES
HOLES DRILLED BY A PHYSICIAN TO RELEIVE PRESSURE FROM A HEMATOMA
PRIMARY SOMATIC SENSORY CORTEX
CONTAINS NEURONS THAT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE CONSCIOUS SENSATION
PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX
LOCATED IN THE PRECENTRAL GYRUS IN FRONTAL LOBE

CONTAINS MAP OF THE BODY PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT CONTROL
SOMATIC MOTOR SYSTEM
CONTROLS VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT UNDER ORDERS FROM THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES
NUCLEI
THALAMUS
CEREBELLUM
ALPHA 1
CONSTRICTION - ARTERIOLES
CONSTRICTION - VEINS
MYDRIASIS - EYE
EJACULATION - PENIS
ALPHA 2
INHIBITION OF PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS
BETA 1
HEART - INCREASED HEART RATE, CONDUCTIVITY, AUTOMATICITY, CONTRACTILITY
KIDNEY - RENIN REALEASE
BETA 2
BRONCHODILATION - LUNGS
DILATION - ARTERIOLES
INHIBITION OF CONTRACTIONS - UTERUS
TREMORS - SKELETAL MUSCLE
DOPAMINERGIC
VASODIALATION IN KIDNEY HEART AND BRAIN