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20 Cards in this Set
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Frontal Lobe |
Conscious thinking/emotions Initiating movements/speech, storing memories, exercising impulse, control in social/sexual behaviour Initiating activity, judgement, sense of smell |
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Parietal Lobe |
Receiving sensory information/perception Understanding what is said, nerve fibres carrying visual information pass through these lobes |
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Temporal Lobe |
Storage of memories, strong emotions, smell and taste Auditory pathways of impulses from inner ear to brain Orientation and appreciation of time |
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Occipital Lobe |
Concerns vision Pathway to nerve cells of occipital cortex Sent to areas of visual association/object recognition |
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Primary Motor Cortex |
Located in frontal lobe Voluntary movement Prefrontal cortex - conscious movements Premoter cortex - muscle control |
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Thalamus |
Large double-lobed midline structure - divided into several nuclei Lateral geniculate nucleus - part of visual system Medial geniculate nucleus - part of auditory system Located between cerebral cortex and midbrain Information for organ and motor systems |
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Hypothalamus |
Controls autonomic nervous system/endocrine system Organizes behaviours related to survival Under thalamus - hence hypo |
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Brain Stem |
Lowermost part of the brain (extension of the spinal cord) Control of automatic behaviours: breathing, maintaining blood pressure, sleep, alertness Damage = paralysis or death |
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Primary Somatosensory Cortex |
Located in Parietal Lobe First cortical relay receiving information on touch from thalamus |
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Cerebellum |
Integrates visual, auditory, vestibular, and somatosensory information Information about muscle movements Exerts a coordinating/smooth effect on movements Located behind the top part of the brain stem |
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Primary Auditory Cortex |
Processes sound, such as pitch, volume, and location of a sound Crucial for understanding language Located on the temporal gyrus in the temporal lobe |
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Hippocampus |
Storage of long-term memory (past knowledge and experiences) Located under cerebral cortex |
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Primary Olfactory Cortex |
Located near amygdala and hippocampus where odor information is maintained in temporary storage |
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Amygdala |
Located in the temporal lobe of the brain Perception of emotions, store memories of events and emotions - future association Sexual activity and libido |
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Primary Gustatory Cortex |
Taste perception, respond to the four tastes of sweet, sour, bitter, and salty |
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Basal Ganglia |
Control of movement Three separate structures: caudate, putamen, glovus pallidus Caudate and putamen together = straitum Located near base of the forebrain |
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Primary Visual Cortex |
Located in the occipital lobe Responsible for processing visual information into an image that the person sees Association with known images |
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Corpus Callosum |
Band of myelinated axons that connects the two cerebral hemispheres Largest cerebral commisure Information moves between hemispheres via corpus callosum |
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Left Hemisphere |
Language is dependent on this hemisphere |
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Right Hemisphere |
Space and spatial relationships |
