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Brain Review!! Flashcards

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Hindbrain

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ANIMAL INSTINCTS

4 MAJOR PARTS

  • Cerebellum
  • Medulla
  • Pons
  • Reticular formation

(Pons, medulla, and reticular formation all make up the BRAIN STEM)

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Cerebellum

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Half of all neurons!!

Posture, balance, fine motor control

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Medulla

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Heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing

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Pons

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Facial expressions, breathing, sleep paralysis, routes info to the cerebellum

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Reticular formation

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Arousal, attention

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The midbrain

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On top of brain stem,
Sensory relay center,
Coordinates eyes!
Coordinates movement!

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Forebrain (LARGEST)

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3 divisions

  • The cerebrum
  • The hemispheres
  • The diencephalon
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The cerebrum

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(Cerebral cortex)

Has the four lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital

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The hemispheres

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Right: creativity/emotion (shapes, colors, objects)

Left: Dominant! Logic and language

Connected by corpus callosum

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The diencephalon

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Corpus callosum is bridge

LIMBIC SYSTEM

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Limbic system

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Memory and emotional center of brain!

Thalamus 
Hypothalamus
Amygdala 
Hippocampus 
Cingulate cortex
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Thalamus

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Processes all sense except smell. Send to the cerebrum

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Hypothalamus

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Is the drive center of the brain

Fight, flight, feeding, reproduction

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Amygdala

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Is our emotional center! Also attaches emotion to memories

PTSD

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Hippocampus

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Is our memory warehouse the encodes memories! Appears to be the STM location

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Cingulate cortex

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Has 4 regions!

Regulates emotions, pain and thought patterns

Ex. Depression/schizophrenia

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The sensory cortex

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Contained within the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes.

Helps process info received from the thalamus.

Somatosensory cortex: bi- lateral (both sides) Processes pain/heat/ pressure from skin

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Motor cortex

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Bi laterally contained in the frontal lobes

Initiates and controls bodily movement

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The association cortex

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Bi laterally contained in the frontal lobes.

Works to integrate sensory and motor skills

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The speech centers

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LEFT hemisphere only!

Wernicke’s area allows us to understand language

Broca’s area allows us to produce speech

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