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21 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Primary motor cortex (pre-central gyrus) |
Generates somatic motor output |
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Pre - motor cortex |
Controls complex activities such as tying a bow |
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Frontal eye Field |
Controls voluntary eye movements |
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Broca's area |
Controls the muscles involved in speech production |
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Primary somatosensory cortex |
Receives general sensory information eg. Touch, temperature & pain |
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Somatosensory association area |
Interprets general sensory input |
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Visual cortex |
Receives visual stimuli detected by photo receptors |
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Visual association cortex |
Interprets visual input & stores memories of past visual images |
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Temporal lobe (Wernicke area) |
Comprehends written and spoken language |
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Pre frontal cortex |
Performs intellectual functions and determines personality and behaviours |
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Auditory cortex |
Receives auditory stimuli detected by hair cell receptors in the ear |
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Auditory association cortex |
Interprets auditory input and stores memories of past sounds |
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Cerebellum |
Ensures smooth, coordinated skeletal muscle movements and maintains posture and balance |
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Insula |
Contains the gustatory cortex, vestibular cortex and visceral cortex |
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Basal nuclei |
Facilities smooth skeletal muscle movements |
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Reticular formation |
Maintains cortical alertness and consciousness |
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Hypothalamus |
Maintains body temperature, hunger, thirst, sleep-wake cycles, produces hormones & controls autonomic functions |
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Mid brain |
Contains visual and auditory reflex centres and produces dopamine |
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Medulla oblongata |
Contains the cardiovascular and respiratory centres that control heart rate, force of contraction, blood vessel diameter and respiration |
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Limbic system |
Establishes and controls emotions and forms long term memories |
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Cerebral white matter |
Communication railway of the brain |
