Nervous System and brain

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Central nervous system

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Consists of the brain and spinal cord. The brain is split into right and left hemispheres

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Hindbrain

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Top part of the spinal cord, includes the medulla, pond, and cerebellum

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Medulla

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Controls basic biological functions, such as breathing, swallowing, and balance

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Pons

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Controls facial expressions, sleep and dreaming

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Cerebellum

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Controls fine motor movements

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Midbrain

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Coordinates basic movements with sensory information

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Forebrain

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Large in humans, includes the cerebral cortex and subcoftical structures such as the thalamus,hypothalamus, basal ganglia

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Basal ganglia

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Regulates muscle contractions/movementa

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Thalamus

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Incorporate and relays sensory information to the cortex

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Hypothalamus

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Controls motivated behavior, such as eating, drinking, and sex

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Hippocampus

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Helps process and receive long term and spatial memory

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Amygdala

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Controls emotion and evaluation of stimuli

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Cerebral cortex

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Receives sensory information and transmits motor information

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Corpus callosum

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Nerve tract beneath the cortex that connects the two hemispheres and allows them to communicate.

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Occipital lobe

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In the cerebral cortex, processes vision

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Temporal lobe

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In the cerebral cortex, processes sound

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Parietal lobe

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In the cerebral cortex, integrates sensory systems, is involved in attention

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Frontal lobe

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Controls speech, learning, thinking, decision-making, and abstract thought

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Peripheral nervous system

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Includes all nerves that spread through the body from the brain and spinal cord. Has two divisions

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Somatic nervous system

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Controls voluntary muscle movements and sense organs

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Autonomic nervous system

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Controls involuntary actions and the internal organs

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Gets the body ready for emergency action

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Becomes active during states of relaxation