Unit 2- Limbic System and Cerebral Cortex Flashcards
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Limbic System
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Deals with all basic drives, emotion and memory
Hypothalamus, Amygdala, and Hippocampus
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Hypothalamus
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Hunger, thirst, body temperature, pleasure, and hormones (pituitary gland)
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Amygdala
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Aggression (fight) or fear (flight)
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Hippocampus
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Memory Processing
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Cerebral Cortex
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The body’s ultimate control and processing center
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Frontal Lobes
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prefrontal cortex
Judgement, planning, processing new memories.
Motor cortex.
Involves speaking, muscle movement, planning and judgement
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Parietal Lobes
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sensory
includes somato sensory cortex
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Occipital Lobes
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vision
Visual areas, receives visual info from opposite field
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Temporal Lobes
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Auditory
Auditory areas, each receives info from opposite ear
