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Brain stem

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Responsible for automatic survival functions

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2
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Medulla

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Controls basic life support functions (heartbeat/breathing)

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3
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Reticular formation

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Controls wakefulness and arousal

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4
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Thalamus

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Brain’s sensory switchboard

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5
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Cerebellum

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Helps coordinate voluntary movements and balance

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6
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Limbic system

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Regulates maintenance activities

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7
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Hypothalamus

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Maintains eating, drinking, body temp, and arousal

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Hippocampus

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Process new memories for storage

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9
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Amygdala

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Controls emotional responses like fear or anger

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10
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Cerebral cortex

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Higher order thinking

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11
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Frontal Lobe

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Involved in planning and judgement

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12
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Parietal lobe

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General association area

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13
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Occipital lobe

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processes vision

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14
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Temporal Lobe

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Processes hearing

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15
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Motor cortex

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Controls voluntary movements

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16
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Sensory cortex

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Registers and processes body sensations

17
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Longitudinal fissure

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Separates two brain hemispheres

18
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Corpus callosum

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Connects the two hemispheres, allows them to communicate

19
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Responsible for automatic survival functions

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Brain stem

20
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Controls basic life support functions like heartbeat and breathing

21
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Controls wakefulness and arousal

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Reticular formation

22
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Brain’s sensory switchboard

23
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Helps coordinate voluntary movements and balance

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Cerebellum

24
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Regulates maintenance activities

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Limbic system

25
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Maintains eating, drinking, body temp, and arousal

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Hypothalamus

26
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Process new memories for storage

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Hippocampus

27
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Controls emotional responses

28
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Wrinkly outer part of brain (critical thinking)

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Cerebral cortex

29
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Involved in planning and judgment

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Frontal Lobe

30
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General association area (junk drawer)

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Parietal Lobe

31
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Processes vision

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Occipital Lobe

32
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Processes hearing

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Temporal Lobe

33
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Controls voluntary movements

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Motor cortex

34
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Registers and processes body sensations

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Sensory cortex

35
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Separates brain hemispheres

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Longitudinal fissure

36
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Connects the two hemispheres, allows them to communicate

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Corpus callosum

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