The Brain Flashcards
What does the Cerebral Cortex look like?
It is the outside layer of your brain. Think of a gortex jacket that is covering you.
What is does The Corpus Callosum look like?
It looks like the outside edge of an ear profile. It is made from fiberous material.
What does the Corpus Callosum do?
Connects the two halfs of the brain or connects the two brains
What does the thalamus look like?
It almost looks like two testicles over a pea under and ear (corpus callosum)
What does the thalamus do?
Think of Hal and Amus (traffic cops) directing traffic from the body (signals) and telling them where to go.
What does the hypothalamus look like?
Small pea looking part under the thalamus.
What does the hypothalamus do?
. Regulates drives, body temperature, hydration,
What does the hippocampus look like?
It looks like a sea horse.
What does the hippocampus do?
It is involved in memory. Think of Hippo Compas. A hippo is using the compas because he cannot remember where he is going.
What does the amygdala look like?
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The Amygdala - What does the amygdala do?
It regulates our sense of fear. Imagine a mig (jet) flying low to the ground right at you. This would scare the shit out of you.
What do the pons look like?
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What do the pons do?
The pons is involved in relaxation. Imagine a pawn (chess) resting next to a pond.
What does the Cerebellum look like?
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What does the Cerebellum do?
It is involved in balance and athletic ability. Picture Sydney Crosby doing one legged ball squats with a bell on his head. Or a cracked bell trying to balance and falling over with not cracked bells laughing at him.
What does the Reticular Formation look like?
The reticular formation (lat. formatio reticularis) is a set of interconnected nuclei that are located throughout the brainstem. The reticular formation is not anatomically well defined because it includes neurons located in diverse parts of the brain. The neurons of the reticular formation all play a crucial role in maintaining behavioral arousal and consciousness. The functions of the reticular formation are modulatory and premotor. The modulatory functions are primarily found in the rostral sector of the reticular formation and the premotor functions are localized in the neurons in more caudal regions..
Medulla - What does it look like?
It looks like the top of a cane. It is right at the top of the spinal cord below the Pons.
What part of the brain is this?
Corpus Callosum
What part of the brain is this?
Pons
