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24 Cards in this Set
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Cerebrum |
Learning Communication Awareness |
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Cerebellum |
Coordination Movement Balance Complex reflexes |
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Thalamus |
Relay station for sensory info to the cerebrum |
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Hypothalamus |
Communication between the nervous and endocrine system |
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Pituitary |
Controls most endocrine glands |
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Midbrain |
Motor movement Auditory and visual processing |
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Pons |
Unconscious processing Sleep-wake cycle Breathing |
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Medulla Oblongata |
Heart Rate Respiratory Rate Blood Pressure |
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Meninges |
Connective tissue layers that surround the CNS |
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Cerebrospinal Fluid |
Between layers on meninges, in canals, ventricles in the CNS |
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Blood Brain Barrier |
Stops certain drugs, ions or proteins from getting into capillaries |
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Spinal Cord |
Conducts sensory and motor info to & from the peripheral nerves and brain |
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Cortex |
Outer layer that surrounds gray matter |
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Corpus Callosum |
Communication between both sides of the brain |
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Sulcus |
Shallow groove separating the gyri |
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Gyrus |
Folds in cerebral hemispheres |
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Pineal Gland |
Melatonin Hair growth |
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Central Canal |
Carries cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which it receives from the ventricular system of the brain |
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Parts of the Diencephalon |
Thalamus Hypothalamus Pituitary Pineal Gland |
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Fissures |
Deep grooves separating the gyri |
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Longitudinal Fissure |
Divides the cerebrum into the right and left hemispheres |
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Brain Stem |
Midbrain Pons Medulla Oblongata |
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Meninges Contains |
Blood vessels Fluid Fat |
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Meninges Layers |
Dura Mater-fibrous Arachnoid-delicate Pia Mater-very thin, on surface of spinal cord |
