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20 Cards in this Set
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how loves does the cerebral hemispheres have, name them
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4 frontal , parietal, occipital, temporal
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frontal
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inhibition, planning, reasoning, movement
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parietal
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sensory
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occipital
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visual
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temporal
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audition, memory, emotion
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corpus callosum
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connects cortex in 1 hemisphere to cortex in other hemisphere
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thalamus
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sensory "gateway" to the cortex (IE all sensory info relays here)
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hypothalamus
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releases hormones; thirst, hunger, sexual behaviors, circadian rhythm
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there are three parts to the brain
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forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain
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gyrus means what
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hill
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sulcus/fissure means what
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valley/grand canyon
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in the forebrain there are four parts to it
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cerebral hemispheres, corpus callosum, thalamus, and hypothalamus
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how many in the parts in the midbrain
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superior colliculi, inferior colliculi, and tegmentum
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superor colliculi
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control of eye movements; gets visual inofmration, also
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inferior colliculi
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audition; sends info from ear to thalamus
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tementum
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contains many nuclei e.g. ventaral tegemental area VTA and substantia nira and perioaqueductal grey PAG
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how many in hindbrain
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3, pons, cerebellum and medulla
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pons
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nuclei important for sleep (reticular formation) ; also contains projections to cerebellum
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cerebellum
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coordination of error correction for movement, balance, postrue
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medulla
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vital functions (eg, breathing, heart rate), reticular formation, and pathway for ascendin and descending sesory and motor tracts.
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