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27 Cards in this Set
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medulla
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a part of the brain that regulates cardiac and respiratory function.
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thalamus
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a part of the brain located just above the brainstem that receives sensory information, processes it, and sends it to the cerebral cortex..
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cerebral cortex
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an outer part of the brain that is mainly involved in the coordination of sensory and motor information.
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cerebellum
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a part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains equilibrium. It is involved in conditioning and forming procedural memories and habits related to movement.
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amygdala
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a part of the limbic system; involved in fear detection and conditioning; it is essential for unconscious emotional responses such as the fight-or-flight response.
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hippocampus
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a part of the brain involved in processing explicit memories, recognizing and recalling long-term memories, and conditioning.
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hypothalamus
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a small structure in the brain that links the nervous system to the endocrine system.
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fight-or-flight response
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a physiological response to stressors, triggered by the amygdala, in which the body becomes prepared for action.
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corpus callosum
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a large band of axons connecting the two hemispheres of the brain
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primary cortex
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a part of the cerebral cortex that serves basic sensory and motor functions; one exists in each lobe of the cerebral cortex
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association cortex
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a part of the cerebral cortex that helps basic sensory and motor information from a specific lobe integrate with information from the rest of the brain; one exists in each lobe of the cerebral cortex.
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occipital lobes
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parts of the brain involved in visual processing; the smallest of the four lobes in the human brain.
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primary visual cortex
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a part of the brain that receives input from the eyes and translates that input into what people see.
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temporal lobes
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parts of the brain involved in auditory processing
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parietal lobes
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parts of the brain primarily concerned with bodily sensations, including those of touch, taste, and temperature.
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primary auditory cortex
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a part of the brain involved in auditory processing
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frontal lobes
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parts of the brain that performs a variety of integration and management functions. They are involved in the encoding and storage of working and long-term memory and, to a lesser extent, in sensory memory processing.
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primary motor cortex
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a part of the brain that is responsible for generating the neural impulses that control the execution of movements
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broca's area
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a part of the frontal lobe that initiates the movements needed to produce speech.
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primary somatosensory cortex
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a part of the brain that receives and interprets information about bodily sensations; located in the parietal lobe.
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3 types of neurons
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1. sensory
2. motor 3. interneurons |
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motor neurons
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carry information away from the central nervous system
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sensory neurons
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carry information from the sensory organs
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interneurons
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-send information between sensory neurons and motor neurons
-the most numerous type of neuron |
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brainstem
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-medulla oblongata
-pons |
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limbic system
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a series of neural structures that are critical for human emotion, motivation, and some forms of emotional and social learning
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structures included in the limbic system
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-amygdala
-hippocampus -hypothalamus -cingulate cortex |
