Brain Number 1 Flashcards
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Cerebellum
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Largest single structure in the brain.
Motor tasks, sensory tasks, emotional tasks, back up brain, mystery
1
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Medulla oblongata
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Helps heart pump and lungs expand to breath
2
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Colliculi
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Visual processing. Only some of visual info goes into conscious brain.
3
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Thalamus
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Grand central station. Relay station for info coming in and going out. Sensory information.
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Hypothalamus
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Fighting, feedig, flying, fucking.
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Amygdala
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Limbic system Processes fear (s.m.)
6
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Hippocampus
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Limbic system
Important for memories, H.M., learning, storytelling and encoding memories
7
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Cerebral spinal fluid
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Keeps brain floating
8
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Meningins
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Protects rain from hitting skull
9
Q
Bumps in brain
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Gyrus
10
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Grooves in brain
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Fissures
