Modules 11 and 12: The Brain Flashcards

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EEG

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amplified recording of brain waves and electrical activity

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MEG

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measures the brain’s natural electrical activity, maps brain functions as well as epileptic seizures

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CT

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x-ray of the brain, indentifies TBIs

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PET

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tracks where a temporarily radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs an activity

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MRI

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map of the brain’s structure

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fMRI

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shows blood flow and brain activity (functional mri)

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Medulla

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Base of the brainstem. controls heartbeat and breathing

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pons

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above the medulla. coordinates movement and sleep

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thalamus

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top of the brain stem. brain’s sensory control center, receives information from all senses except smell and reroutes it to higher brain structures

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reticular formation

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neuron network extending from the spinal cord right up through the thalamus, filters incoming stimuli and controls arousal

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11
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cerebellum

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enables nonverbal learning and skill memory

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12
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Limbic system

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center to controlling emotions and drives, consists of the hypothalamus, the amygdala, and the hippocampus

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amygdala

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emotional and survival responses, “fight or flight”

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14
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hypothalamus

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maintains homeostasis

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hippocampus

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processes conscious, explicit memories

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16
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cerebral cortex

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brain’s main processing center, controls four different lobes

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frontal lobe

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involved in speaking, muslce movements, and in making plans and judgements

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parietal lobe

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top of the head, receives sensory input and body position

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occipital lobe

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involved with seeing, processes visual cues

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temporal lobe

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involved in hearing, processes sounds

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Motor cortext

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involved in “motor” movements

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somatosensory cortex

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area that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations

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auditory cortex

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located just above the temporal lobes, sound is processed fully

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visual cortex

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located in occipital lobes, processes visuals and sends info teh identify what they are

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association areas
most of the brain's thinking, remembering, and learnign
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Broca's Area
expressive language
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wernickes area
receptive language
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plasticity
brain's ability to change via reorganizing after damage or building new pathways built on experience
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neurogenesis
producing new neurons, brain's attempt to self repair by reorganizing existing tissue or mend itself.