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12 Cards in this Set
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Responsible for regulating largely unconscious functions such as breathing and circulation. It also controls some reflexes that help maintain upright posture. |
Medulla, Hindbrain Keyword: autonomic functions |
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A group of fibers that carry stimulation related to sleep and arousal through the brainstem. It also plays a role in our ability to focus attention on a particular stimulus. |
Reticular Formation, Hindbrain Keyword: retain focus |
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This structure is involved in sleep and arousal. It is important for the control of attentiveness as well as the timing of sleep. |
Pons, Hindbrain Keywords: sleep and arousal; attentiveness; sleep |
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It is concerned primarily with the coordination of fine motor movement. |
Cerebellum, Hindbrain Keyword: fine motor movement |
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It relays sensory information to the brain, which is important for control of movement. |
Colliculi, Midbrain Keyword: sensorimotor movement |
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It is a crucial part of the dopamine-containing pathway. This part deteriorates in Parkinson's disease. |
Substantia Nigra, Midbrain Keywords: reward pathway, Parkinson's disease |
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It acts as a sensory relay station, directing incoming information from the sense receptors (such as vision and hearing) to the cerebrum. In other words, it handles incoming and outgoing signals. |
Thalamus, Forebrain Keywords: sensory relay station, handles incoming and outgoing signals |
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This part of the brain is responsible for regulating basic biological needs such as hunger, thirst, and temperature control. It does this by secreting "releasing hormones" that stimulate the pituitary gland. |
Hypothalamus, Forebrain Keywords: releasing hormones, pituitary gland, biological needs |
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This part of the brain is the "master" endocrine gland that regulates other endocrine organs. It responds to "releasing hormones" by releasing "stimulating hormones". |
Pituitary gland, Forebrain Keywords: hypothalamus, stimulating hormone, master endocrine gland |
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It is part of the limbic system that is involved in learning and memory. |
Hippocampus, Forebrain Keywords: memory, learning, limbic system |
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It is part of the limbic system that is involved in emotion and aggression. |
Amygdala, Forebrain Keywords: emotion, aggression, limbic system |
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This part is responsible for sensing, thinking, learning, emotion, consciousness, and voluntary response. It is composed of two hemispheres - the left and the right. |
Cerebral cortex (or cerebrum), Forebrain Keywords: largest part of the brain, learning, emotion, thinking, voluntary response, etc. |
