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9 Cards in this Set
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Limbic system |
Sits on brain stem, emotions and basic feelings |
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Diencephalon |
Relays information on sensations and movement |
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Medulla |
Controls main functions of brain stem |
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Pons |
Controls facial movements, facial sensation, hearing and eye movements |
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Midbrain |
Makes seeing and hearing possible, controls alertness and arousal |
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Reticular activating system (RAS) |
Modulates arousal, alertness, concentration, like a dimmer switch |
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Vegetative State |
When "thinking" part of brain unresponsive. Like a coma without life support |
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Thalamus |
Each sense (except smell) relays impulse through thalumus |
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Hypothalumus |
"Conductor of someone's emotional orchestra" controls endocrine levels and temperature regulation |
