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19 Cards in this Set
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Brain Stem
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The central trunk of the brain, consisting of the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain, and continuing downward to form the spinal cord.
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controls breathing
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Cerebellum
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The part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates.
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Function: is to coordinate and regulate mascular activity; midbrain
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Cerebrum
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The principle and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, located in the front area of the skull and consisting of two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure.
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Function: responsible for the integration of complex sensory and neural functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity in the body. critical thinking, processing center
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Frontal Lobe
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Each of the paired lobes of the brain lying immediately behind the forehead, including areas concerned with behavior, learning, personality, and voluntary movement
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forehead. memory and emotion contained here
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Occipital Lobe
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The rearmost lobe in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain
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process vision
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Temporal Lobe
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Each of the paired lobes of the brain lying beneath the temples, including areas concerned with the understanding of speech.
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processes hearing
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Left Hemisphere
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The cerebral hemisphere on the right side of the corpus callosum, controlling activity on the left side of the body, showing in humans some degree of specialization for spatial and nonverbal concepts.
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Verbal, math
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Right Hemisphere
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The cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body. right brain, right hemisphere.
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creative, artistic, spontaneous thoughts
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Pons
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The part of the brain stem that links the medulla oblongata and the thalamus
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helps regulate sleep, sensory such as movement
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Midbrain
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Part above the pons, medulla, and brain stem
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Pituitary Gland
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A small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and consisting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region
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distributes hormones
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Pineal Gland
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A small, cone-shaped endocrine organ in the posterior forebrain, secreting melatonin and involved in biorhythms and gonadal development.
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sleep
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Thalamus
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The middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
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sensory gatekeeper
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Fornix
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Any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain
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emotions and memory
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Midbrain
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The middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from the tissue; mesencephalon
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Medulla Oblongata
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The lowest or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord.
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breathing, heart rate
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Diencephalon
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The posterior section of the forebrain
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regulates hormones. where nerves and hormones are sorted out
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Neuron
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A specialized, impulses conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites
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Parietal Lobe
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middle part of the brain
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touch and pain
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