Nervous System Part 3 Flashcards
Bits of gray matter mix closely and intricately with white matter in the Medula
Reticular formation
Three parts of the brainstem
Medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain
Important reflex centers located in the brainstem
Cardiac, respiratory, and Vasomotor centers
Second largest part of the human
Cerebellum
Functions of the cerebellum
To produce move coordinated movements, maintain equilibrium, and sustained normal postures
Three major structures of the Dienephalon
Hypothalamus, bonus, and penial gland
Structure that controls vital functions such as heartbeat, construction in dilation of blood vessels in contractions of the stomach and intestines
Hypothalamus
Where is the antidiuretic hormone (ADH) found
Pituitary gland
Mechanism crucial for maintaining
Hypothalamus
Structure insults and functions such as regulation of water balance, sleep cycles, and the control of appetite and many emotions involved and pleasure, fear, anger, sexual arousal, and pain
Hypothalamus
Three functions and wish the thalamus performs
It helps produce in stations, it associate since Seshan’s with emotions, and it plays a part in the so-called arousal or alerting mechanism
What receives sensory information about the strength of light seen by the eyes and I just its output of the hormone melatonin
The pineal gland
What is melatonin known as
The timekeeping hormone
The riches of the brain are called what
Gyrus
The grooves of the brain are called what
Sulcus
Fissure that divides the cerebrum into right and left halves
Longitudinal fissure