exam 4 images Flashcards
primary visual center
occipital lobe
relay station, transmits sensory and motor signals to cerebral cortex, regulating consciousness, alertness, and sleep
thalamus
auditory information and memory
temporal lobe
autonomic functions
medulla
focuses on memory processing and relays information between hippocampus and hypothalamus
mamillary bodies
master gland, produces hormones
pituitary gland
forms, organizes, and stores new memories especially in learning
hippocampus
regulates breathing, sleep, and arousal
pons
regulates arousal, attention, stress response, and mood
locus coeruleus
connects hippocampus to other parts of the brain, plays a role in memory and information transfer in limbic system
fornix
regulating emotions, processing pain, attention and memory in limbic system
cingulate gyrus
where optic nerves cross
optic chiasm
voluntary movements, balance, posture, motor learning
cerebellum
body temperature, hunger, thirst, sleep, and emotional processes
hypothalamus
regulates the body’s circadian rhythm
pineal gland
processes emotions (specifically fear and pleasure), plays a key role in memory and decision making
amygdala
brains reward system, pleasure, reward, reinforcement
nucleus accumbens
sensory information like touch, temperature, and pain; also spatial awareness, movement coordination
parietal lobe
decision making, problem solving; personality, emotional regulation, speech production
frontal lobe
produce serotonin, regulates mood, sleep, arousal, and pain perception
raphe nuclei
regulates circadian rhythms, sleep-wake cycles, and responds to light signals received by retina
suprachiasmatic nucleus
