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18 Cards in this Set
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thalamus
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transmits info from cerebral cdortex to other areas
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hypothalamus
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regulates basic drives (temperature, sexual function)
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pituitary gland
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hormone secretion
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amygdala
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agression, fear, primitive emtional response; used by juveniles to repond to certain things
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frontal lobe
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development occurs until 25 when adults use this as their emotional guidar
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grey matter
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cell bodies
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white matter
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myelin sheath--makes a white insulation around the neurons
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spinal reflexes
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automatic (mallot at the doctor)
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reticular formation
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helps reach states of arousal and sleep
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brainstem
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inner core of the brain
regulates life support rests atop and connects to spinal cord contains medula, pons, reticular formation, attaches to cerebellum |
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medulla
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vital involuntary functions
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cerebellum
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little brain
role in motor learning balance movement... motoric training-- cognitive processes empathy |
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limbic system
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separates older and newer parts of the brain
critical to motivation, emotion, memory above brainstem, surrounded by cortex contains amygdala contains hippocampus hypothalumus |
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frontal lobe
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caps osver the limbic system; personality, think, plan, reason, complex analytical resources
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parietal lobe
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related to sense of touch and spacial concepts
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temporal lobe
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hearing and memory; auditory functions
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occipital lobe
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visual functioning
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corpus collosum
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bundle of axons left hemisphere; knows whats going on on the right
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