Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
23 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Occipital Lobe
|
Receives input from eyes via the thalamus. Analyses vision information.
|
|
|
Temporal Lobe
|
Connects vision to memory.
|
|
|
Parietal Lobe
|
Helps build a special map of the world around you by taking information from vision, sound and memory. Processes tactile information.
|
|
|
Frontal Lobe
|
Rational thinking. Organizes language production.
|
|
|
Superior Temporal Gyrus
|
Auditory information.
|
|
|
Precentral Gyrus
|
Motor control.
|
|
|
Hippocampus
|
Allows us to learn new information.
|
|
|
Amygdala
|
Processes emotions, attaches emotion to memory.
|
|
|
Basal Ganglia
|
Responsible for motor control.
|
|
|
Thalamus
|
Major sensory relay station.
|
|
|
Hypothalamus
|
Controls autonomic and endocrine systems.
|
|
|
Tectum
|
Analyses visual and auditory information and tells you where it is coming from.
|
|
|
Tegmentum
|
Processing pain, making you aware, motor information. 3 parts (Reticular Formation, Red Nucleus, Substantia Nigra)
|
|
|
Reticular Formation
|
Makes you aware, vigilant.
|
|
|
Red Nucleus
|
Motor Information (Tegmentum)
|
|
|
Substantia Nigra
|
Sends neurons to the basal ganglia, which controls motor movement. Destroyed in Parkinson's Disease.
|
|
|
Pons
|
Involved in sleep and arousal. Intercepts messages from motor cortex to limbs during REM sleep.
|
|
|
Medulla Oblongata
|
Keeps you awake, controls vital functions.
|
|
|
Spinal Cord
|
Incoming information doe sin through the back and is carried out through the front as motor information.
|
|
|
Somatic Nervous System
|
Voluntary. Controls skeletal muscles.
|
|
|
Autonomic Nervous System
|
Involuntary. Controls smooth and cardiac muscles. 2 systems (Sympathetic, Parasympathetic)
|
|
|
Sympathetic System
|
Expands energy. Fight or flight instinct: increases blood flow to muscles, increases secretion of adrenaline.
|
|
|
Parasympathetic System
|
Conserves energy. Increase of blood flow to the gastrointestinal system.
|
