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Chapter 2 Part Two Flashcards

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Brain Stem

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Oldest part of the brain

Automatic and survival functions

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Medulla

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Just above the brain stem

Controls breathing and heartbeat

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Reticular formation

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Controls arousal/alertness

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Thalamus

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Sensory switchboard

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Hippocampus

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Neural center in the limbic system

Storage and memory

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Pons

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Controls sleeping and dreaming(REM)

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Cerebellum

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Processes sensory inputs and coordinates movement and balance

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Limbic system

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Border of brain stem and cerebral hemisphere

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Amygdala

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Part of the limbic center controlling emotions of fear and aggression

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Hypothalamus

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Regulates hunger, thirst, body temp - reward centers

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Cerebral cortex

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Back of the brain

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Glial cells

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Guide neural connections and provides nutrients

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Frontal lobes

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Lobes involved in speaking and muscle movements, planning, and judgement

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Occipital lobes

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Contain visual cortex

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Parietal lobes

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Contains sensory cortex

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Temporal lobes

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Contains auditory areas

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Motor cortex

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Controls voluntary movements

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Sensory cortex

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In front of parietal lobes - behind motor cortex

Registers body touch and processes

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Association Areas

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Connects sensory and motor areas

Thought to be concerned with higher mental activities

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Phineas Gage

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Railroad construction man with severe accident

Had aphasia

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Aphasia

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Important part of language as a result to damage to several cortical areas - Broca’s and Weirnickes

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Broca’s area

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Located in left frontal lobe

Controlling motor ability to produce speech

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Weirnickes area

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Located in left temporal lobe

Involved in language comprehension and expression

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Plasticity

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Brains capacity for modification after damage to certain parts

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Corpus Callosum

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Large band of neural fibers linking right and left hemisphere allowing them to interact

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Split Brain

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Condition in which corpus Callosum is severed to allow the sides to interact

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