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23 Cards in this Set
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Medulla |
Controls breathing and heartbeat (stem) where nerves cross from one side to the other. |
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Pons |
(Bridge: latin) automatic things: breathing, blood flow, sleep/dreaming, informs other brain parts of body movements |
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Reticular Formation (RAS) |
Screens sensory information Stimulation wakes cats Works with thalamus |
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Cerebellum |
(has wrinkles) balance/coordination and voluntary/smooth muscle movements. A little with learning/memory (particularly muscles and problems solving) |
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Acetylcholine |
Excites/inhibits Memory and muscle control |
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Serotonin |
Excites/inhibits
Mood, sleep, and appetite Low levels associated with depression |
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Gamma-AminoButyric-Acid (GABA) |
Major neurotransmitter, sleep and inhibits movement Abnormal levels associated with eating/sleeping disorders |
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Glutamate |
Major excitatory neurotransmitter Learning, memory formation, Nervous system development |
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Adrenal hormones |
(Epinephrine/adrenaline) Emotion, memory, stress |
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Thalamus |
(director) directs incoming info to higher parts of the brain NOT SMELL, olfactory bulbs in nose directly connect. |
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Hypothalamus |
(survival) hunger, thirst, sex, reproduction, Regulates body temp/bio-clock |
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Amygdala |
(major emotions) arousal, Regulates emotion/initial emotional response to information (approach/withdraw) Fight or flight, anxiety, depression |
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Hippocampus |
Storing new info into memory, structure compares sensory information to brains learned expectations.
HM - removed it, no long term memory |
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Corpus callosum |
Band of nerves that bridge the right and left sides of the brain. Allows info to go back and forth Someone once had it cut to stop nonstop seizures |
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Cortex |
Collection of thin cell layers covering cerebellum Higher mental functions: thinking, perceiving, producing, understanding language |
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Occipital lobes |
Visual cortex/visual signals |
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Parietal lobes |
Somatosensory cortex - processes information about pressure, pain, touch, temperature |
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Temporal lobes |
(in auditory cortex) Memory, perception, emotion, language comprehension |
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Frontal lobes |
Motor cortex Broca's Area Prefrontal cortex Larger than any mammals |
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Motor cortex |
Orders body movement/musculoskeletal system |
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Broca's Area (Cest moi) |
Handles speech production
Involved in short term memory, emotion, and creativity |
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Prefrontal cortex |
Formation/development and maintenance of Personality |
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Limbic system |
Hippocampus Amygdala Hypothalamus Pituitary gland |
