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Ch.2: Human Brain Flashcards

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Limbic system structure, responsible for regulations drives (sex,thirst,hunger,etc) helps govern endocrine system. Linked to emotion and reward

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Hypothalamus

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Influences aggression and fear

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Amygdala

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Responsible for transmitting information between brain and rest of body. Simple reflexes

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Spinal cord

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Involved in respiration, movement, walking, sleep, dreaming

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Pons

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Responsible for automatic survival functions and for arousal. Awake & alert

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Brain stem

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Responsible for vital automatic functions. Respiration, heartbeat

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Medulla

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Coordinates voluntary muscle movement, balance, and some perception and cognition

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Cerebellum

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Brains sensory switchboard

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Thalamus

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Thin outer layer responsible for most complex behaviors and higher mental processes

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Cerebral cortex

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Structure involved in memory

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Hippocampus

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What does the forebrain include?

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Thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and cerebral cortex

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What is the function of the limbic system?

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Emotions, drives, and memory

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What does the hindbrain include?

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Medulla, pons, and cerebellum

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Which part of the brain helps us orient our eye & body movements to visual and auditory stimuli?

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Midbrain

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Thick bands of axons, connecting and carrying messages between two hemispheres

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Corpus callous

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Which lobe, receives and coordinates messages from other loves. Motor control, speech production and higher functions?

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Frontal lobe

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Broca’s area controls?

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Speech and production

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Which lobe is in charge of hearing, language comprehension and emotional control. Auditory cortex.

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Temporal lobe

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What is wernicks area involved in?

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Language comphrehension

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Which lobe is Responsible for vision and visual perception

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Occipital lobe

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Which lobe receives and interpret bodily sensations?

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Parietal lobe

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In charge of voluntary movement

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Motor cortex

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Receives sensory messages

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Somatosensory cortex

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Which lobe, receives and coordinates messages from other loves. Motor control, speech production and higher functions?

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Frontal lobe

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Broca’s area controls?

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Speech and production

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Which lobe is in charge of hearing, language comprehension and emotional control. Auditory cortex.

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Temporal lobe

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What is wernicks area involved in?

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Language comphrehension

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Which lobe is Responsible for vision and visual perception

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Occipital lobe

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Which lobe receives and interpret bodily sensations?

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Parietal lobe

30
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In charge of voluntary movement

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Motor cortex

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Receives sensory messages

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Somatosensory cortex

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