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200 Brain Flashcards

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main parts of the brain

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  • brain stem
  • cerebellum
  • diencephalon
  • cerebrum
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parts of the brain stem

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  • midbrain
  • pons
  • medulla
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medulla

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  • part of the brain stem
  • connects the brain with the spinal cord
  • controls HR, RR (breathing center with the pons) cardiovasodilation
  • contains cranial nerves 8-12
  • 8 is shared with the pons
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pons

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  • part of the brain stem
  • controls RR, is part of the breathing center with medulla
  • relays nerve impulses
  • contains cranial nerves 5-8, 8 is shared with the medulla
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midbrain

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  • part of the brain stem
  • coordinates movement of the eyes and trunk in response to visual or auditory stimuli
  • cranial nerves 3-4
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cerebellum

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  • sits posterior to the brain stem
  • smooths and coordinates contractions of skeletal muscles
  • maintains balance and posture
  • some role in cognition and language processing
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diencephalon

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  • sits above the brain stem
  • anything that ends in “thalamus”
  • thalamus
  • hypothalamus
  • epithalamus
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thalamus

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  • the center of the diencephalon
  • relays most sensory input to the cerebral cortex
  • helps maintain consciousness
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hypothalamus

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  • below the thalamus (toward anterior of the diencephalon)
  • controls/intergrates the ANS
  • produces hormones
    • releasing/inhibiting hormones
    • oxytocin, antidiuretic hormone
  • regulates
    • hunger/thrist
    • emotion/behaviour
    • body temp/circadian rhythm
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epithalamus

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  • above the thalamus (posterior of the diencephalon)
  • consists of the pineal glad
  • secrets melatonin
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cerebrum

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  • largest portion of the brain
  • divided into 4 lobes
  • frontal
  • parietal
  • temporal
  • occipital
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cerebrum

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  • contains sensory and motor function
  • controls voluntary movement
    • initiates/terminates movements
    • suppress unwanted movements
    • regulates muscle tone
  • responsible for “higher level thinking”
    • memory
    • personality
    • intelligence
  • contains limbic system
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Bocas area

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-responsible for speech

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wernicke’s area

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-language comprehension

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frontal lobe

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  • emotion
  • speech
  • personality
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parietal lobe

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-processing nerve impulses relating to the senses

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temporal lobe

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memory, meaning, language

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occipital lobe

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vision

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grey matter

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  • intergration, information processing

- contains neuron cell bodies

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white matter

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tracts, help move information where it needs to go

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basal nuclei

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helps with movement

  • initiate
  • terminate
  • suppress unwanted movements

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