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Parts of the brain Flashcards

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What parts make up the hind-brain

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medulla, pons, cerebellum. oldest part of brain.

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Where is the Medulla?

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part of brain closest to spinal cord

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What does the Medulla do?

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controls heart rate, breathing, coughing, sneezing, swallowing

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What does the Pons do?

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Regulates states of sleep and wakefulness

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Where is the Pons?

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Above the medulla, in the hind-brain

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What does the Cerebellum do?

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controls balance and coordination

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Where is the cerebellum?

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In the hind-brain, behind the Pons

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Reticular Formation

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Network of neurons that connects the hind-brain to the thalamus in the fore-brain

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What parts make up the fore-brain?

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thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, cerebral cortex

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What does the Reticular Formation do?

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regulates attentional processes and states of arousal

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What does the Thalamus do?

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Relay station of the brain. routes info from sense receptors to processing centers in cerebral cortex. all senses but smell. It also regulates sleep and wakefulness.

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What doe the Basal Gonglia do?

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Regulates voluntary motion

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Where is the Hypothalamus?

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beneath the thalamus

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What does the Hypothalamus do?

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maintains homeostasis. regulates hunger/thirst, temperature, stress responses, emotions, aggression, reproductive processes

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What is the Limbic System comprised of?

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amygdala, hippocampus, and parts of thalamus, hypothalamus

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What does the Amygdala do?

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triggers fear responses

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What does the Hippocampus do?

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plays a role in the formation of memories

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Where is the Cerebral Cortex?

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outer wrinkly part of brain

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What does the Cerebral Cortex do?

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responsible for ability to think, create, use language, problem solve, organize, and calculate

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What is the Cerebrum?

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Largest mass of the fore-brain, consisting of 2 hemispheres

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Where is the Cerebral cortex located?

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Its the outer layer of the cerebrum

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What Lobes are part of the Cerebral cortex?

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occipital, frontal, parietal, temporal

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What is the Corpus Callosum?

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A thick bundle of nerves that connects the two hemispheres of he cerebrum

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What does the Corpus Callosum do?

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Lets the hemispheres of the brain communicate and share information

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What do the Occipital Lobes do?

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Lobes in charge of proccessing visual stimuli

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Where are the Occipital Lobes located?

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Back of the head

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Where are the Frontal Lobes?

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on the front top of the brain, behind forehead.

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What are the Frontal Lobes responsible for?

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executive processes like planning, executing plans, prioritizing, long term thinking, and decision making. Processes emotions, and controls impulses

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Where are the Parietal Lobes?

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top of brain between frontal and occipital lobes

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What cotrex is located in the Parietal Lobes?

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Somatosensory

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what do the Parietal lobes do?

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processes sensory info like hot/cold, pressure, touch and pain. It also is in charge of knowing the position of your body

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Where are the Temporal Lobes located?

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Above the ears, below and behind frontal lobes

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What do the Temporal Lobes do?

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Processes auditory stimuli

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What are Mirror Neurons

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Neurons that fire sympathetically. Both when you do an action, and when you see the same action.

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What are Association Areas?

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Areas that piece together information from different lobes, such as using different sensory information to form a perception, solve a problem, etc

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Where is the Motor Cortex?

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In the Frontal Lobe

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What does the Motor Cortex do?

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controls voluntary movements

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