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23 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Brainstem
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- the oldest part of the brain. RESPONSIBLE FOR AUTOMATIC SURVIVAL FUNTIONS
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Medulla
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the base of the brainstem. CONTROLS HEARTBEAT AND BREATHING
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Reticular formation
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plays an important role in controlling arousal
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Thalamus
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directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla.
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Cerebellum
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the little brain attached to the rear of the brainstem. HELPS COORDINATE VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT AND BALANCE
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Limbic system
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Associated with emotions such as fear and aggression and drives such as those for food and sex.
hippocampus, amgydala, and hypothalamus |
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Amygdala
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components of the limbic system and are linked to emotion
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Hypothalamus
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Directs several maintanence activities (eating, drinking, body temp), helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion
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Cerebral cortex
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The body’s ultimate control and info-processing center.
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Glial cells
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support, nourish and protect neurons.
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frontal lobes
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just behind the forehead. INVOLVED IN SPEAKING, MUSCLE MOVEMENTS, AND MAKING PLANS AND JUDGEMENTS.
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parietal
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of the head and toward the rear. Includes the sensory cortex
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Occipital
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back of the head. Includes the visual areas, which receive visual info from the opposite visual field.
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temperal lobes
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auditory areas, each of which receives auditory info primarily from the opposite ear.
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motor cortex
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controls voluntary movements
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Sensory cortex
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front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body sensations
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association areas
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involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking and speaking.
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aphasia
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- impairment of language
damage either to Broca’s area (impairing speaking) or to Wericke’s area (impairing understanding |
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Brocas area
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controls language expression
directs the muscle movements involved in speech |
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Wernickes area
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controls language reception. A brain area involved in language comprehension and expression. Usually in the left temperal lobe.
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angular gyrus
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recevies visual info (READING ALOUD)
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plasticity
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the brains capacity for modification, as evident in brain reorganization following damage (especially in children) and in experiments on the effects of experience on brain development.
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corpus callosum
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large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
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