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Q4: Structure/Function of the Brain Flashcards

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SAME

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Sensory, Afferent, Motor, Efferent
^ to the brain ^ away from the brain

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Medulla

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life support (heart and breath)
-cross laterality (right and left brain)

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Pons

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sleep regulation/alertness

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Cerebellum

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movement/motor commands

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Reticular Formation

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filter sensory stimuli (works with pons to regulate what comes through while you sleep)

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Basal Ganglia

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movement (degenerated with Parkinson’s disease/PD, degenerates dopamine/DA)

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Limbic System

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emotion, memory (Amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus)

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Amygdala

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emotional processing (fear!)

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Hippocampus

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memory (patient H.M.)

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Hypothalamus

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Drives, master regulator. Pituitary gland (endocrine system).

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Thalamus

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post office of the brain

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Corpus Callosum

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connection between left and right hemispheres

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Cerebral Cortex

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(left/right hemispheres).
large outer covering of the brain that is the seat of voluntary action + cognitive function.

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left hemisphere

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controls the right side of the body.
language.

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right hemisphere

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controls the left side of the body.

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hemispherectomy

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involves surgically removing an entire hemisphere of the brain.

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Split brain procedure

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involves surgically removing/cutting the corpus callosum

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Frontal Lobe

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involved in planning and motor control (motor cortex)

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parietal lobe

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involved in sensation and body image (somatosensory cortex)

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occipital lobe

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involved in visual processing

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temporal lobe

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involved in hearing, memory, learning, and emotion

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Broca’s area

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speech production

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Wernicke’s area

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understanding language

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Aphasia

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language difficulty

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Broca’s aphasia

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can understand language but has difficulty speaking fluently

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Wernicke’s aphasia

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cannot understand language but has the ability to speak fluently (words may not make complete sense together)

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