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The wrinkled outermost layer of the brain

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Cerebral cortex

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Associated with reasoning, planning and other ‘higher functions’

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Frontal lobe

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Associated with movement and orientation

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Parietal lobe

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Processes sounds and language

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Temporal lobe

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Process visual information

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Occipital lobe

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Main branch that connect the brain to the rest of the body

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Spinal cord

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Sensory information arrives here and is then sent to the cortex

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Thalamus

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Controls homeostasis, hunger thirst etc

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Hypothalamus

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Associated with emotion and fear

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Amygdala

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Associated with learning and spatial memory

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Hippocampus

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Also know as the ‘little brain’; involved in motor control

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Cerebellum

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Simple structure that regulates breathing, heart rate and blood pressure

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Brainstem

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Bundle of neurons that connects the two hemispheres of the brain

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Corpus Callosum

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Material which consists of the ‘body’ of neurons

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Grey matter

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Material which consists of the axons of neurons

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White matter

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Cerebral cortex

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The wrinkled outermost layer of the brain

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Frontal lobe

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Associated with reasoning, planning and other ‘higher functions’

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Parietal lobe

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Associated with movement and orientation

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Temporal lobe

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Processes sounds and language

20
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Occipital lobe

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Processes visual information

21
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Spinal cord

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Main branch which connects the brain to the rest of the body

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Thalamus

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Sensory information arrives here and is then sent to the cortex

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Hypothalamus

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Controls homeostasis, thirst, hunger etc

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Amygdala

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Associated with emotion and fear

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Hippocampus

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Associated with learning and spatial memory

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Cerebellum

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Also known as the ‘little brain’; involved in motor control

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Brainstem

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Simple structure which regulates breathing, heart rate and blood pressure

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Corpus Callosum

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Bundle of neurons that connects the two hemispheres of the brain

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Grey matter

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Material which consists of the ‘body’ of neurons

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White matter

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Material which consists of the axons of neurons

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