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16 Cards in this Set
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cerebellum
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co ordinates movement, speech, language, learning and memory
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medulla oblongata
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regulate your life support systems such as heart rate, blood pressure and breathing
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pons
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regulates sleep, breathing and some muscle movement
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hypothalmus
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regulates emotions and bodily functions such as hunger and body tempreture
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mid brain
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between the hind and forebrain it deals with vision, hearing and other senses
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hindbrain
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makes up the cerebellum, medulla oblongata and pons
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brain stem
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relays information between you body and brain
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reticular formation
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a network of neurons that open and close to regulate how much information goes in and out of the brain. It helps regulate attention, movement and bodily functions such as sneezing and vomiting
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thalmus
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part of the brain stem that passes sensory information to key areas of the brain for processing
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hippocampus
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area of the brain stem that transfers information from long term to short term memory
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amygdala
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emotional centre of the brain. It processes primal feelings such as rage and fear and is also possibly involved in emotional memories
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forebrain
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consists of the cerebrum, cerebral cortex, thalmus and hypothalmus
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cerebral cortex
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surface of the brain/ outer layer of the brain that is rich in neuron synapses where visual-spatial information is stored
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cerebrum
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thinking part of the brain
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corpus callosum
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a bridge of 1000 million nerve fibres that connects the two hemispheres of the brain transferring information from left to right
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limbic system
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the 'emotional' part of the brain. containing the thalmus, hypothalmus, hippocampus and amygdala is controls emotions, decision making, motovation, memory intake and learning
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