chapter 11 Flashcards
What includes nuclei and tracts along the border between the CEREBRUM and the DIAENCEPHALON?
Limbic system
The limbic system is a functional grouping rather than an anatomical one. it includes portions of the…
1) Cerebrum
2) diencephalon
3) mesencephalon
while the sensory cortex, motor cortex, and association areas of the cerebral cortex enable an individual to perform complex tasks, it is largely the ________________ that makes the individual want to do them
limbic system
There are strong connections of the limbic system with other areas of the brain, especially the ______________
hypothalamus
what are the functions of the limbic system?
1) establishing EMOTIONAL STAGES
2) facilitating memory STORAGE and retrieval
3) linking the conscious, intellectual functions of the cerebral cortex with the unconscious and autonomic functions of the BRAINSTEM
What are the structures of the limbic system?
1) CINGULATE GYRUS
2) SEPTAL NUCLEI
3) PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS
4) these structures border the corpus callosum and the rostral brainstem
What are the two key functional centers of the limbic system?
1) AMYGDALA
2) hippocampus
What lies SUPERIOR to the corpus callosum. it is responsible for:
1) Focusing attention on EMOTIONALLY significant events
2) Association memories to scents and pain
3) Executive functioning
4) Respiratory control
Cingulate gyrus
What are located in the SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM
Septal nuclei
What have extensive communications with other parts of the limbic system and brain
Septal nuclei
What are associated with PLEASURE and REWARD
Septal nuclei
Damage to this area results in avoidance to stimulation?
Septal nuclei
What is located along the periphery of the hippocampus?
Parahippocampal gyrus
What is involved in MEMORIES and the RETRIEVAL of memories, with a focus on the RECOGNITION of LOCATIONS AND SCENES?
Parahippocampal gyrus
What is located at the tail end of caudate nucleus? it is a CEREBRAL contribution to the limbic system
Amygdala (amygdala bodies)
What appears to act as an INTERFACE between the limbic system, cerebrum, and various sensory systems
amygdala
What plays a role in drive-related behaviors, the perception and expression of emotions, and LINKING EMOTIONS with specific MEMORIES
Amygdala
Damage to this area results in behavioral changes, especially a loss of fear or a decrease in emotional excitability
Amygdala
What resembles the shape of a seahorse, plays an important role in LEARNING AND MEMORY?
Hippocampus
damage to this area results in an inability to learn and the loss of SHORT TERM MEMORY
Hippocampus
What transmits impulses between the areas associated with the limbic system?
Fornix
Damage to this area results in disturbance to the areas that it connects, which results in decrease memory formation and recall
Fornix
What part of the limbic system process sensory information, which includes OLFACTORY sensations?
Mammillary bodies
Damage to this area results in an uncontrolled ORAL FIXATION on different objects, such as licking money?
Mammillary bodies