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13 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Meninges |
Thick sheath of connective tissue that covers the brain. Protect brain, keep it anchored, resorb cerebrospinal fluid. Three layers are dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater. |
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Rhombencephalon |
Hindbrain. Divides into myencephalon (medulla oblongota) and metencephalon (pons and cerebellum). |
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Mesencephalon |
Midbrain. Receives sensory and motor information from rest of body, and associated with involuntary reflex responses via visual or auditory stimuli. |
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Colliculi |
Nuclei in midbrain. Superior colliculus receives visual sensory input, while the inferior colliculus recives auditory sensory input. |
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Prosencephalon |
Forebrain. Associated with complex perceptual, cognitive, and behavioral processes. Divides into telencephalon (cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system) and diencephalon (thalamus, hypothalamus, posterior pituitary gland, and pineal gland). |
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Lateral Hypothalamus
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"Hunger Center". Detects when body needs food or fluids. |
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Ventromedial Hypothalamus |
"Satiety Center" Provides signals to stop eating. |
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Anterior Hypothalamus |
Controls sexual behavior. |
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Extrapyramidal Motor System |
Gathers information about body position and carries it to CNS. Includes basal ganglia, spinal cord, brain. |
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Limbic System |
Group of structures associated with emotion and memory. Includes fornix, thalamus, septal nuclei, amygdala, hippocampus, corpus callosum. |
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Septal Nuclei |
Primary pleasure center of brain. |
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Amygdala |
Defensive and aggressive behaviors. |
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Gyri and Sulci |
Bumps and folds in cerebral cortex. |
