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Biological Basis - Areas of the Brain Flashcards

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Hindbrain

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oldest part of the brain

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Cerebellum

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movement/balance

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Medulla

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vital organs (heart rate & blood pressure)

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Pons

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bridge between regions - basic functions

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Reticular Formation

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alertness

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Forebrain

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higher thought processes

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Amygdala

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emotions, fear

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Hippocampus

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memory

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Hypothalamus

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keepbody in homeostasis
reward/pleasure center, eating behaviors - link to endocrine system

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Thalamus

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relays sensory and motor information from your body to your Cerebral Cortex

(you MUST (thalaMUST) use your thalamus, unless it’s MUSTY - smell)

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Cerebral Cortex

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outer portion of the brain - higher order thought processes

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Occipital Lobe

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vision
(in Cerebral Cortex)

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Frontal Lobe

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decision making, planning, judgment, movement, personality
(in Cerebral Cortex)

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Parietal Lobe

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sensory processing, spatial awareness
(in Cerebral Cortex)

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Temporal Lobe

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hearing and face recognition
(in Cerebral Cortex)

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Somatosensory Cortex

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processes sensory information
interprets touch, temperature, pain, preprioception (awareness of body position)

(Parietal Lobe: sensations)(in Cerebral Cortex)

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Motor Cortex

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  • motor movements
  • planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements

(frontal lobe; in Cerebral Cortex)

18
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Damage to left hemisphere results in:

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aphasia (damaged speech)

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Broca’s area

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speech production (Broca - boca)

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Wernicke’s area

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comprehension of speech

21
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Corpus Callosum

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bundle of nerves that connect the two hemispheres (sometimes severed in patients with severe seizures – leads to “split-brain patients”)

22
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effect of split-brain procedures

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patients could only process what they saw from their right eye (and it processed in the left hemisphere)

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Endocrine system

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sends hormones throughout the body

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Pituitary gland

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controlled by hypothalamus, releases growth hormones

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Adrenal gland

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related to sympathetic nervous system – releases adrenaline

26
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EEG

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brain activity – not specific

27
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XRAY

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not useful, doesn’t show tissues

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CT / MRI

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shows structures (tumors)

29
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PET

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glucose shows brain activity (when in doubt PICK THIS ONE)

30
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fMRI

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oxygen shows activity in real time

31
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lesion

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destruction of the brain tissue

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