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11 Cards in this Set
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Cerebellum |
Hindbrain. Controls muscle coordination and balance |
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Medulla Oblongata |
Hindbrain. controls subconscious activities such as heart rate, BP, breathing, swallowing, vomiting. |
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Pons |
Hindbrain. Relays info between cerebellum and cerebral cortex. |
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MIDBRAIN |
receives specific sensory input, connects hindbrain to forebrain. |
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Thalamus |
Forebrain Connects various parts of brain, relays info from senses except smell. "Great Relay Station." |
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Hypothalamus |
Regulates pituitary gland, heart rate, blood pressure and temperature, controls drives such as hunger, thirst, sexual desire. |
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Cerebrum |
Divided into right and left cerebral hemispheres, contain centres for intellect, memory, consciousness and language. Interprets and controls the response to sensory information. Conscious efforts to control body responses. |
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Somatic System |
Voluntary control, its sensory neurons carry info about the external environment inward. |
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Autonomic System |
Internal reactions. Sympathetic nervous system- epinephrine and norepinephrine. Parasympathetic-"rest and digest". Uses acetylcholine to control organ responses. |
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Grey Matter |
Unmyelinated axons, cell bodies, dendrites, in brain the grey is on the outside and in the spinal cord the grey in on the inside. |
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White Matter |
Myelinated axons that run in tracks, inner region of brain and outer region of spinal cord. |