Brain Structure and Function Flashcards
1
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Hindbrain
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- Brainstem
- Myencephalon
- Metencephalon
2
Q
Brain Stem
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Oldest
3
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Myencephalon
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- Medulla
- Reticular Formation
4
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Metencephalon
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- Pons
- Cerebellum
5
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Medulla
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- Heartbeat
- Blood Circulation
- Respiration
6
Q
Reticular Formation
A
Circadian Rhythm
7
Q
Pons
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- Relays sensory information
- Controls respiration
8
Q
Cerebellum
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- Fine motor control
- Coordination
- Balance
- More Complex than Cortex
- more connections
9
Q
Midbrain (Mesencephalon)
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- Newer- Motor and Metabolic
- Tegmentum
- Tectum
- Substantia Nigra
10
Q
Tegmentum
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- Reticular Activating System (RAS)
- Arousal and Sleep-Waking states
- Movement
11
Q
Tectum
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- Superior Colliculi
- Vision
- Inferior Colliculi
- Hearing
12
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Substantia Nigra
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- Reward
- Adiction
- Movement
13
Q
Forebrain
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- Newest
- Complex processing
- Diencephalon
- Hypothalamus
- Basal Ganglia
- Limbic Structures
14
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Diencephalon
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- Thalamus
- Hypothalamus
15
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Thalamus
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- Receives integrates sensory information
- Relay Station
16
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Hypothalamus
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Homeostasis
17
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Basal Ganglia (telencephalon)
Functions
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- Unconcious learning
- Muscle memory
- Movement Control
- Large movements
- Motor Learning
18
Q
Basal Ganglia (telencephalon)
Structures
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- Globus Pallidus
- Putamen
- Caudate Nucleus
- Amygdaloid Nucleus
19
Q
Limbic Structures (Telencephalon)
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- Hippocampus
- Amygdala
20
Q
Hippocampus
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Important for conscious learning
21
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Amygdala
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- Important for emotions
- Highly connected to hippocampus and aolfactory system
- why odors have a strong emotional response
