Chapter 2-2nd Half

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Medulla

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Base of the brain stem, controls heart beat and breathing

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Brainstem

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Oldest part/central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull. Responsible for survival functions

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Reticular formation

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Nerve network in the brain stem that plays an important role in controlling arousal

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Thalamus

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Brains sensory switchboard, located at top of brain

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Hippocampus

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Neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage

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Pons

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Helps coordinate movement

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Cerebellum

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Attached to the rear of brain stem, controls balance

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Limbic system

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Doughnut shaped system of neural structures at the border of the brain stem and cerebral hemispheres, associated with emotions such as fear, aggression, drive for food and sex

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Amygdala

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Neural clusters that are components of the limbic system linked to emotion (aggression/fear)

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Hypothalamus

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Directs several maintenance activities (eating drink body temp)

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Cerebral cortex

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Ultimate control and information processing center

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Glial cells

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Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons

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Frontal lobes

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Behind forehead, speaking, muscle movement, making plans and judgements

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Occipital lobes

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Back of head, visual areas which receive visual info

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Parietal lobes

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Top and back of head, receives sensory input for touch and body positions

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Temporal lobes

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On sides of head, auditory areas which receives auditory info

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Motor cortex

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Area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements

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Sensory cortex

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Receives information from skin surface and sense organs

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Association areas

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Involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking and speaking

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Aphasia

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An impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca’s area of wernickes area

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Broca’s area

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Controls language expression (broken language)

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Wernickes area

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Controls language reception (comprehension/expression)

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Plasticity

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Brains compacity for modification

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Corpus callosum

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Large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

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Split brain

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A condition in which the 2 hemispheres of the brain are isolated by cutting the connecting fibers (corpus callosum) between them