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22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Cerebrum
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Most superior portion of the brain
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Frontal Lobe
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Intellect, reasoning and personality
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Parietal Lobe
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Receives information from the body's sensory receptors
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Temporal Lobe
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Coordinates word recognition with speed
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Occipital Lobe
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Contains primary visceral cortex
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Gyri
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Composed of ridges
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Sulci
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Grooves
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Fissures
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Deeper grooves
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Longitudinal Fissure
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Separates the left and right cerebral hemispheres
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Corpus Callosum
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Tracts of fibers connecting the left and right hemispheres
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Fornix
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Bandlike fiber tract concerned with olfaction and with functions of the limbic system
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Septum Pellucidum
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Separates the lateral ventricles found within each hemisphere
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Diencephalon
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Superior to the brain stem
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Olfactory Bulbs
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Synapse points of CNI
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Olfactory Tracts
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CNI
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Optic Nerves
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CNII
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Optic Chiasma
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Where the fibers of the optic nerves partially cross over
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Pituitary Gland
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Secretes many hormones integral to the regulations of body functions
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Thalamus
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Largest part
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Hypothalamus
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Most inferior portion of the diencephalon
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Infundibulum
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Reg. pituitary gland's hormone secretions
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Epithalamus
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Most dorsal part of the diencephalon
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