2.1 Flashcards
What does the Central Nervous System include?
Brain and spinal cord
What does the Peripheral Nervous System do?
Connects the CNS to the rest of the body
What does the Limbic System control?
Emotional experiences and memory
What does the Frontal Lobe control?
Self control, problem solving, decision making
What does the Hippocampus control?
Long-term memory storage
What does the Occipital Lobe control?
Visual processing
What is the Corpus Callosum?
It connects left and right brain hemispheres
What does the Medulla Oblongata control?
breathing and heartbeat, involuntary functions
what does the cerebellum control
balance and coordination
what is Gyrus and Sulcus
Increase surface area for more neurons
what is Homeostatsis
Monitored by the hypothalamus using the endocrine system