3.3 Flashcards
Dicephalon
Integration of conscious and unconscious sensory information and motor commands
Epithalamus
Includes pineal gland (melatonin secretion)
Choroid plexus
Thalamus function
Filters and projects cerebral information
Regulates consciousness
Anterior group
Part of the limbic system
Medial group
Emotional output to prefrontal cortex
Ventral group
Projects somatic sensory info to somatosensory cortex
Lateral group
Integration of sensory info and influence of emotional states
Lateral geniculate nucleus
Projects visual info to visual cortex
Medial geniculate nucleus
Projects auditory info to auditory cortex
Hypothalamus functions
HR, BP, physiological drives
Cerebrum gray matter
Basal nuclei
Unconscious coordination
Cerebrum gray matter
Cerebral cortex
Conscious awareness and intellectual functions
Cerebrum white matter
Neural wiring
The limbic system
Coordinates information between cerebrum and diencephalon
Motivation and drive
Amygdaloid body
Emotion -> memory