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29 Cards in this Set
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Cerebellum
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Controls walking, balance, coordination; hindbrain
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Cerebrum
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Upper layer of brain; includes amygdala, hippocampus; forebrain
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Thalamus
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sends sensory and motor messages to other parts of the brain; limbic system of forebrain
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Medulla
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Regulates vital functions such as breathing and blood flow; hindbrain
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Striatum
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Smooth initiation of movement; midbrain
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Substantia nigra
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Smooth initiation of movement; midbrain
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Suprachiasmatic nuclei
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determines biological rhythms; forebrain
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Corpus Callosum
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Divides cerebrum into left and right hemispheres; forebrain
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Hippocampus
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Learning and forming new memories; limbic system of forebrain
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Reticular formation
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responsible for attention and arousal; hindbrain
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Locus Coeruleus
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detect sleeping disorders and attention abnormalities; hindbrain
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Hypothalamus
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partly controls endocrine system as well as aggression, hunger, thirst, and sexual desires; limbic system of forebrain
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Amygdala
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connection between sensation and emotional memory
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Wernicke's Area
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Perception and understanding of language; temporal lobe of cerebral cortex
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Broca's Area
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expressing and pronunciation of language; frontal lobe of cerebral cortex
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Occipital Lobe
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Sight; forebrain
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Parietal Lobe
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Touch
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Frontal Lobe
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Thought and information processing, decision making, etc; forebrain
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Temporal Lobe
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Responsible for hearing, memories, language; forebrain
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Association Cortex
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Perceptual activities such as recognizing objects; Frontal and Parietal Lobes; forebrain
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Motor Cortex
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Movements; Frontal Lobe; forebrain
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Somatosensory Cortex
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Processes senses; parietal lobe; forebrain
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Auditory Cortex
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Process what you hear
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Visual Cortex
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Process what you see
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EEG
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Electroencephalograph-measures electrical activity of brain; electrodes past head
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PET Scan
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Positron Emission Tomography-locates cell activity; locates radioactivity as brain performs certain tasks ; emissions from radioactive substances
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MRI
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging-detailed structural image of brain, often used to detect structural damage
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FMRI
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Functional MRI-combines advantages of pet scans and MRIs; detects changes in blood flow that reflect ongoing changes in neuron activity ("moving picture"); magnetic field, measures radio frequency waves
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TMS
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-normal function of particular brain region can be studied by observing changes; exposed to intense magnetic field
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