The brain Flashcards
1
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Wernickes area
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- important for comprehension
- processing in this area allows understanding of communication by the order and meaning of words
2
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Broncas area
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-articulation of words
3
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cingulate gyrus
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- formation and processing of emotion
4
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hippocampus
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intrinsically involved in the formation, retrieval and storage of memory
5
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amygdala
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- generation of emotions and decision making based on emotion.
6
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brainstem
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-extends and links the spinal cord to the brain
- coordinates autonomic behaviours
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7
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reticular formation
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- maintains consciousness,
- alerts the cerebral cortex that something important is happening,
- helps to filter sensory information where required (the familiar is ignored).
- works with the cerebellum to coordinate skeletal muscles; posture, balance, tone.
8
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medulla oblongata
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- part of the brain stem
- regulates respiration and heart rate
- coordinates with the thalamus to alter “set point” for heart rate
9
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Pons
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- mastician
- eye movement
- muscle contraction
10
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Midbrain
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- coordinates auditory, visual and pupillary reflexes
- contains nuclei involved in arousal attention and REM sleep
11
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Cerebellum
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- rapid processing of sensory information to enable motor control and coordination
12
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Hypothalamus
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- Homeostatic maintenance: monitors osmotic pressure, glucose levels temperature etc.
- secretes neurohormones and controls release of other hormones
- modulates behavior and emotion
- influences reproductive function, food intake, cicadian rhythms
13
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The thalamus
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RECEIVE AND PROCESS
- receive, processing and transfer
- sensory information passes through and is then transferred to appropriate cortex
14
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emotional response components
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- endocrine and autonomic: hormone release, smooth muscle and cardiac based responses
- Motor responses: skeletal muscle based responses
- cognitive evaluative responses: memory formation, memory retrieval
