Parts of the brain Flashcards

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Somatory sensory cortex

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a fold of cells sensitive to the touch of every part of the body (the folds in the lobes)

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corpus callosum

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connects the left and right part of the brain (under the folds the long arch shaped thing)

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Hippocampus

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memory (above the amydala)

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Amydala

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process emotional info (the little Lima bean sized shapes)

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recticular formation

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reward center for learning and emotion (the circler bump on the brain stem)

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medulla

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breathing and pulse (the smaller circular bump under the recticular formation)

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brain stem

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input of all info

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cerebellum

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timing aiming and rhythum (the little brain)

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Hypothalamus

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hunger, thirst and sex (under the thalamus and to the right of the hippocampus)

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Thalamus

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the gate that filters info around the brain (located under the corpus and to the right of the hippocampus)

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Frontal lobe

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fine motor skills, and decision making (located in the front of the brain)

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parietal lobe

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pain, touch, temp (located on the top of the brain directly behind the frontal lobe)

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temporal lobe

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hearing, music, sound or tempo (located underneath the parietal lobe)

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occipital lobe

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vision (at the back of the brain above the cerebellum)

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