Limbic system Flashcards
1
Q
food, fear, fight or floght, fornication
A
Hypothalamus
2
Q
“sea horse”
long-term memory
A
Hippocampus
3
Q
“almond”
responsible for fear and memory of fear
A
Amygdala
4
Q
not part of limbic system
“rind”
outermost covering
densely packed neurons
higher thought processes and interpretation of sensory input
A
cortex
5
Q
relays information from sensory organs to the cerebral cortex
“inner chamber”
A
Thalamus
