Brain structures Flashcards
1
Q
Brainstem
A
Life support
2
Q
medulla
A
breathing, heart
3
Q
pons
A
sleep
4
Q
reticular formation
A
alert
5
Q
thalamus
A
reroutes sensory info
6
Q
cerebellum
A
balance, motor control, implicit memories
7
Q
amygdala
A
emotions
8
Q
hippocampus
A
explicit memory
9
Q
hypothalamus
A
hunger, homeostasis, sex, fight or flight
10
Q
basil ganglia
A
neurons that specialize in processing info
11
Q
occipital lobe
A
vision
12
Q
parietal lobe
A
Characteristics of touch: pressure, temp, texture, pain
13
Q
temporal lobe
A
interpretation of language, explicit memories, faces and objects
14
Q
frontal lobe
A
motor movement, personality, planning, judgement
15
Q
motor cortex
A
instigate movement
