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Chp 3: Parts of brain & functions Flashcards

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Gyri

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Lumpy parts of brain

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Sulci

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Folds in brain, indentations

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Fissure

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Deep folding, separates left & right hemispheres

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Corpus collosum

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-Connects the left & right hemispheres
-Allows both sides to work together

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Left hemisphere controls …

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The right side of the body

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Right hemisphere controls …

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Left side of the body

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Forebrain

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Location top half

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Midbrain

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Location: Middle of brain

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Hindbrain

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Location: Lower brain
Made up of: Pons, medulla, and cerebellum

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Frontal lobe

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Location: Front of brain
Function: Boss of emotional control

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Parietal lobe

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Location: Back top of brain
Function: Sensations, dealing with, acting environment
Damage to right side of parietal lobe: results in trouble finding yourself around
Damage to left side of parietal lobe: Difficulty understanding, reading, comprehending

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Occipital lobe

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Location: Back-lower brain
Function: Vision

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Temporal lobe

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Location: Lower-side of brain
Function: Language, hearing, memory

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Pons

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Location: Hind brain
Function: Connects hind brain to the rest of the brain, bridge, involved in sleep

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Medulla

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Location: Hindbrain
Function: Automatic processes (lungs, heart rate, blood pressure)

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Cerebellum

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Location: Hindbrain
Function: Balance & coordination

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Thalamus

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Location: Forebrain
Function: Sensory relay for brain, all senses expect smell are routed through

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Limbic system

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Location: Forebrain
Function: Mediating emotional response and memory

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Hippocampus

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Location: Forebrain, apart of limbic system
Function: Processes memory and learning

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Amygdala

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Location: Forebrain, apart of the limbic system
Function: Processes memory when fearful, trauma

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Pierre Paul Broca

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Discovered that people who have damage to Broca’s area part of the brain have a hard time speaking clearly

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Carl Wernicke

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Discovered that damage to the left hemisphere results in difficulty understanding, can talk clearly and fine but can’t understand/comprehend what they’re saying

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Neuroplasticity

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The ability to change function and structure

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Functional plasticity

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The brain’s ability to move functions from a damaged area of the brain after trauma, to other undamaged areas

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Structural plasticity

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The brain’s ability to adapt to environmental changes, to learn, to repair itself after damage or disease

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Endocrine system

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Consists of series of glands that produce chemical substances known as hormones

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Hormones

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Are secreted into the blood stream, travels throughout the body

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Pituitary gland

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Master hormone, master gland: Controls all the other glands

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Thyroid gland

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Regulates metabolism and appetite

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Adrenal gland

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Regulates stress response, adrenaline

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Pancreas gland

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Regulates blood sugar levels

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Gonads gland

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Sexual female

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Testtes gland

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Sexual male

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Somatosensory cortex

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Location: Parietal lobe
Function: Receiving and processing sensory information from across the body, such as touch, temperature, and pain

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Motor cortex

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Location: Frontal lobe
Function: Initiating movements

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Depolarize

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Change within the cell

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Cerebral Cortex

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Location: Outer layer on top of cerebrum
Function: Higher-level processes of the human brain, language, memory, reasoning, thought, learning, decision-making, emotion, intelligence and personality
-Makes up 80% of brain

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Intro to Psychology (11 decks)

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