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18 Cards in this Set
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Central Nervous System
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Brain,
Spinal cord |
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Peripheral Nervous System
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Motor neurons,
Sensory neurons |
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Hindbrain consists of:
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medula, pons, cerebellum
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Medula:
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Heart activity, breathing, swallowing
Location where nerves from left and right sides of body cross |
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Pons
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Consciousness
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Cerebellum
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Balance, Coordination
Sensory timing |
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Midbrain
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Superior colliculi,
Inferior colliculi, Reticular Formation |
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Superior colliculi
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eye movements
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Inferior colluculi
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hearing
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Reticular Formation
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regulation of arousal/cousciousness
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Forebrain
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Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Limbic System
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Thalamus
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Relay station
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Hypothalamus
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Regulation of motivated behaviors
Regulation of “fight or flight” response |
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Limbic System
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Learning, memory, emotions, motivation, social cognition
Hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate |
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Cinglulate Gyrus
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social component, modifying behavior, modivation, understanding and being affected by other people
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Hypocampus
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long term memory, navigation
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Amygdala
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processing negative emotions like fear and anxiety
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Phineas Gage
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His brain is at Harvard Med school
Illustrates importance of limbic system to mental functioning 1845, Working to blast holes through rock, tamping iron went through his skull Survived, able to get other jobs and work Friends said his personality changed, started swearing, didn’t listen to advice, changed mind a lot regarding careers, couldn’t keep a job, intellectually a child, couldn’t make decisions. Pole went through limbic system |
