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Brain functions
Brain Functions
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
04/26/2014

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Parietal lobe
Definition
Primary somatic sensory area
Term
Wenicke's area
Definition
auditory comprehension
Term
Occipital lobe
Definition
vision
visual perception
Term
Diencephalon
Definition
Body temperature regulation
Pituitary hormone control
ANS response
Includes thalamus, epithalamus, hypothalamus
Term
Cerebellum
Definition
coordination
Term
Brain stem
Definition
respiratory and cardiac regulation
level of awareness
reticular activating system
includes midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata
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Temporal lobe
Definition
hearing
memory
speech perception
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Broca's area
Definition
motor speech
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Frontal lobe
Definition
higher intellectual function
speech production
ipsilateral motor control
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