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1
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2 structures that connect the right and left hemispheres of the brain

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Corpus callosum, and the anterior commissure

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Which structure is involved in auditory reflexes?

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inferior colliculi

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3
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Name the plane/section that cuts dorsally and ventrally?

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Transverse plane

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4
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Name the structure involved with sleep

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pons

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5
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Which stain allows for viewing individual neurons

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Golgi

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3 Structures in the mid brain

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superior and inferior colliculi, substantia nigra, periaqueductal gray

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7
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layer of the meninges that means “soft mother”

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pia matter

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8
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The valleys in the brain are called

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sulcus

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9
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structures immediately anterior to optic chiasm

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optic nerve

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10
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The structure that is a relay center for the brain

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thalamus

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2 Bumps (actually four) in the mid brain

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tectum (sup. and inf. colliculi)

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12
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3 Structures involved with memory

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hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate cortex

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13
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Structure that controls compositions of CSF

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Blood Brain Barrier

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14
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What makes CSF?

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Choroid Plexus

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15
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What structures make up the hindbrain?

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medulla, pons, and cerebellum

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16
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The brainstem is comprised of the hindbrain and the…

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mid-brain

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17
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The superior colliculi processes info about…

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vision

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18
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The inferior colliculi processes info about…

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sound

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19
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Primary Cortices

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the areas of the brain that perform initial processing of information

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20
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What is the Limbic System

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collection of forebrain structures that participate in emotional behavior and memory

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21
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What is the function of the Hippocampus

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turning short term memory into long term

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22
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Structure that regulates memory based on emotion ( plays an important role in fear, aggression and rage)

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Amygdala

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23
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Structure that is immediately dorsal to the corpus callosum and involved with emotion and mood?

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Cingulate Cortex

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24
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Mammilary bodies

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structure on the ventral side of the brain involved in memory

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25
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A collection of several nuclei that controls and modulates movements

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Basil Ganglia

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26
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Surrounds the Cerebral aqueduct and involved in sensation of pain

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Periaqueductal gray

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27
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regulates movement, destroyed in PD

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Substantia nigra

28
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Coordinates fine coordinated voluntary movements, regulates balance

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Cerebellum

29
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Controls automatice functions

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Medulla

30
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CNS tissue that consists of axons and carries info between parts of the CNS

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white matter

31
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CNS tissue that consists of cell bodies, and dendrites

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Gray matter

32
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Structure that connects the 3rd and 4th ventricles

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cerebral aqueduct

33
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What is the forebrain responsible for

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involved in higher-order, cognitive thinking

34
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What is the Midbrain responsible for?

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processing motor, vision, and hearing info

35
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What is Hindbrain responsible for?

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involuntary reflects, breathing, heartbeat

36
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What consistutes the brainstem?

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the hindbrain and the midbrain

37
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Lobe that is responsible for Logic?

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Frontal lobe

38
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Lobe that is responsible for senses and attention?

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Parietal

39
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Lobe responsible for vision?

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Occipital

40
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Lobe responsible for sound and memory?

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Temproral

41
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Study of connections in the brain

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Histology

42
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toward the head/nose

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rostral or anterior

43
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toward the back of the head

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posterior or caudal

44
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Top part of head

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dorsal

45
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bottom part of body

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ventral

46
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toward mid line

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medial

47
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away from midline

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lateral

48
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one side

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unilateral

49
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two sides

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bilateral

50
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the opposite side

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contralateral

51
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ipsilateral

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the same side

52
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plane that cuts the body into anterior and posterior parts

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coronal plane

53
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plane that cuts body into superior and inferior parts

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transverse or axial plane

54
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plane that cuts body into right and left parts

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sagittal plane

55
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straight down the middle of something

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mid-sagittal

56
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what is the CNS composed of?

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brain and spinal cord

57
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what is the PNS composed of?

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autonomic and somatic systems

58
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System within the autonomic system that is involved in fight or flight responses? “Scared”

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Sympathetic system

59
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System within autonomic system that works to relax the body and conserve energy? “Peaceful”

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Parasympathetic system

60
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1 of the two categories within PNS that controls voluntary muscle movement

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Somatic System

61
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1 of the two categories within PNS that controls involuntary muscle movement

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Autonomic

62
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Research technique the studies the structures of the brain

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MRI

63
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Measures blood flow in the brain

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fMRI

64
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measures electrical activity in the brain

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EEG

65
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Measures brain radioactivity

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PET (radioactive dog)

66
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Research technique that studies the structures of the brain with xray

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CAT

67
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Study brain structures!!!!

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YOU GO GIRRRRLLLLLL

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