parts of the brain Flashcards
1
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frontal lobe
A
planning, movement, primary motor cortex
1
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temporal lobe
A
hearing, primary auditory cortex
2
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parietal lobe
A
touch, primary sensory cortex
3
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occipital lobe
A
vision, primary visual cortex
4
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cerebellum
A
coordinates movement and balance
5
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brainstem
A
life sustaining functions of autonomic nervous system, e.g., breathing, digestion, heartbeat,
contains reticular formation (controls alertness and sleep)
6
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hypothalamus
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- connects the nervous system to the endocrine system
- 4 Fs: Fight, Flight, Fornicate, Feed
7
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thalamus
A
- relay station
- intakes all incoming sensory information EXCEPT SMELL
- states of arousal, learning, memory
8
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basal ganglia
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- control of movement
- regulates and controls voluntary movement
9
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amygdala
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- processing fear
- associate things w/ emotional responses
10
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corpus callosum
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- connects hemispheres and allows info to flow between them
