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Amygdala

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Fear, reward, salience

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Anterior Commissure

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Minor connection between the hemispheres

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Basal Ganglia

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Habit learning, reward learning

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Caudate Nucleus

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Movement, habit learning, reward learning

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Central Sulcus

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Divides the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe

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Cerebellum

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Fine movement

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Cerebral Aqueduct

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Distributes cerebral spinal fluid from 4th ventricle, under inferior
colliculus, and to third ventricle

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Cerebrum

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All outer gray matter

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Cingulate Gyrus

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Social valuation, conflict monitoring

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Cingulate Sulcus

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Sulcus above the cingulate

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Claustrum

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Attention, awareness

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Corpus Callosum

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Major connection between the hemispheres

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Fornix

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Connects the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies

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Fourth Ventricle

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Distributes/stores/produces cerebral spinal fluid under the cerebellum

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Frontal Lobe

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Goals and how to achieve them

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Genu

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Front of the corpus callosum

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Globus Pallidus

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Smooth voluntary movement

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Gray Matter

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Cell bodies

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Gyri (Gyrus)

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Bulges in the cortex

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Hippocampal Gyrus

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Memory

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Hippocampus

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Memory, navigation

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Hypothalamus

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Regulates hormones to connect the nervous system to the endocrine
system

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Inferior Colliculus

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Hearing

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Insula

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Disgust, empathy

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Lateral sulcus

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Separates the temporal and frontal lobes

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Lateral Ventricle

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Distributes/stores/produces cerebral spinal fluid

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Limbic System

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Emotion

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Longitudinal Fissure

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Sulcus that separates the hemispheres

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Mammillary Bodies

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Medulla Oblongata

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Autonomic functions (breathing, heart rate, etc)

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Occipital Lobe

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Olfactory Bulbs

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Optic Chiasm

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Where visual signals cross over

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Optic Nerve

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Transmit visual signals from retina to chiasm

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Optic Tracts

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Transmit visual signals from chiasm to V1

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Orbitofrontal Cortex

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Goal directed behavior, decision making

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Parietal Lobe

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Metrics about where/how-many things there are

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Pineal Gland

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Produces melatonin, sleep, circadian rhythm

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Pituitary Gland (infundibulum)

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Hormone regulation (growth, energy regulation, sex hormones, etc)

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Pons

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Automatic actions (respiration, reflexes, swallowing, etc)

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Posterior Commissure

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Minor connection between the hemispheres

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Primary Motor Cortex

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Motor homunculus

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Primary Somatosensory Cortex

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Sensory homunculus

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Putamen

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movement, learning

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Pyriform cortex (uncus)

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Retrosplenial cortex

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Rhinal Cortex (entorhinal & perirhinal)

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Rhinal Fissure

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Separates the pyriform cortex from the temporal lobe

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Septum Pellucidum

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Separates lateral ventricles

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Spinal Cord

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Connects brain to body

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Splenium

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Back of the corpus callosum

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Sulci (Sulcus)

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Wrinkles in the cortex

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Superior Colliculus

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Temporal lobe

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Memory, audition, speech

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Thalamus

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Central transit hub for sensory signals

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Third ventricle

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Distributes/stores/produces cerebral spinal fluid around the thalamus

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White matter

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Connective fibers

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Cranial Nerve 1 – Olfactory

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Cranial Nerve 2 – Optic

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Cranial Nerve 3 – Oculomotor

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Eyelid & eye movement

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Cranial Nerve 4– Trochlear

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Turn eyes down and in

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Cranial Nerve 5 – Trigeminal

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Cranial Nerve 6 – Abducens

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Eye to side

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Cranial Nerve VII – Facial

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Taste and face expressions

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Cranial Nerve VIII – Vestibulocochlear

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Hearing and balance

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Cranial Nerve IX – Glossopharyngeal

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Cranial Nerve X – Vagus

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Swallowing & talking

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Cranial Nerve XI – Accessory

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Shoulder muscles

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Cranial Nerve XII – Hypoglossal

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Tongue movement

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