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16 Cards in this Set

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