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2. Exploring the brain Flashcards

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What are the two parts of the nervous system? (Brain psychobiology)

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1) central nervous system

2) peripheral nervous system

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What parts of the body does the central nervous system include? (Brain psychobiology)

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Brain and the spinal cord

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What parts of the body does the peripheral nervous system include? (Brain psychobiology)

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Nerves that travel around the body

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What type of environment effects the output of the autonomic nervous system? (Brain psychobiology)

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Internal

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What type of environment effects the output of the somatic nervous system? (Brain psychobiology)

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External

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Name the parts of the brain, starting at the front. (Brain psychobiology)

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  • Ventral
  • Rostal
  • Superior (top)
  • Inferior (bottom)
  • Caudal (near spinal cord)
  • Dorsal
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What is the medulla structurally organised into? (Brain psychobiology)

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Nuclei

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What are the ‘pons’? (Brain psychobiology)

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Part of the brain stem that has lots of connections (tracts) to pass through

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Where do noradrenaline neurons originate? (Brain psychobiology)

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Locus coeruleus

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Where do serotonergic neurons originate? (Brain psychobiology)

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Raphe nucleus

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What type of structure does the cerebellum have? (Brain psychobiology)

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Laminar

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What is the cerebellum also known as? (Brain psychobiology)

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The little brain

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What two parts can the midbrain be split in to? (Brain psychobiology)

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  • Tegmentum

- Tectum

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Where is the diencephalon located? (Brain psychobiology)

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The forebrain

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What are the two parts the diencephalon are separated in to? (Brain psychobiology)

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  • Thalamus

- Hypothalamus

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What is the thalamus and what does it do? (Brain psychobiology)

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‘the information hub’

It relays ascending and descending information from widespread brain areas

17
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What does the hypothalamus do? (Brain psychobiology)

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Regulates serveral homeostatic processes and links the brain to the endocine system

18
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Where is the cerebellum located? (Brain psychobiology)

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in the forebrain

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What are the subcortical structures of the cerebellum? (Brain psychobiology)

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  • hippocampus
  • basal ganglia
  • amygdala
  • olfactory bulb
20
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What is compressed into the left and right hemisphere? (Brain psychobiology)

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the cerebral cortex

21
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What are the 4 main lobes of the cerebral cortex? (Brain psychobiology)

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  • central lobe
  • parietal lobe
  • occipital lobe
  • frontal lobe
22
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What does the basal ganglia control? (Brain psychobiology)

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coordinating movement and motivated behaviour

23
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What is the function of the amygdala? (Brain psychobiology)

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emotional learning

24
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What is the hippocampus important for? (Brain psychobiology)

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associative learning

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