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Brain Regions, Lobes And Cortices Location and Function Flashcards

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Medulla

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Heartbeat and breathing

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Brainstem

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Survival functions

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Reticular formation

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Arousal, is a junction

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Thalamus

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Switchboard of the brain, receives information from all senses except smell

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Cerebellum

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Processes sensory input, coordinates movement output (balance)

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Limbic system

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Emotion and motivation (includes hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus)

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Hippocampus

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Memory

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Amygdala

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Aggression and fear

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Hypothalamus

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Directs maintenance activities, governs endocrine system through pituitary gland, and is a pleasure center

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Pons

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Coordination and dreams

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Spinal cord

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Neural fiber highway (to and from brain)

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Corpus callosum

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Connects the hemispheres

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Pituitary gland

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Master endocrine gland

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Cerebral cortex

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Ultimate control and information processing center

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Cerebrum

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Both hemispheres

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Glial cells

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Support, nourish, and protect neurons; may be linked to learning and thinking

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Frontal lobe

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Behind the forehead; judgment, plan making, speaking (Broca’s area), muscle movement

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Parietal lobe

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Top rear part of head; touch, body position

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Occipital lobe

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Back of head; visual fields

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Temporal lobe

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Above the ears, auditory areas, receives from opposite ears, Werincke’s area

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Sensory cortex

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Front of parietal lobes, touch and sensations

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Motor cortex

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Rear of frontal lobe, controls voluntary movement

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Nucleus accumbens

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Reward circuit

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Werincke’s area

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Temporal lobe, language comprehension

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Broca’s area

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Frontal lobe, speech production

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Right hemisphere

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Inferences, modulations, self-awareness (capability)

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