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Features of the Brain
Parts of the brain and what they do
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
02/10/2012

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hippocampus
Definition
memory consolidation (construction of new memory)
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amygdala
Definition
emotional responses related to fear
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cingulate cortex
Definition
attention, some aspects of memory
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substantia nigra
Definition
if destroyed, no voluntary control of motion
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cerebellum
Definition
balance, motor coordination, learning
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limbic system
Definition
emotion, learning, memory
(cingulate gyrus, fornix, olfactory bulb, septal nuclei, amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, stria terminalis, mammillary body)
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basal ganglia
Definition
movement and motor control
(caudate nucleus, thalamus, putamen, globus pallidus, amygdala, subthalamic nucleus, substantia nigra)
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hypothalamus
Definition
deals with homeostasis (hunger, thirst, temperature, etc.)
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pons
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connection between cerebellum and brain; balance
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medulla oblongata
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controls respiration, heart beat, reflexes; reticular activating system
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midbrain
Definition
tectum, tegmentum, cerebral pedundes, colliculi
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hindbrain
Definition
medulla, pons, cerebellum
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forebrain
Definition
cerebral cortex, diencephalon (thalamus and hypothalamus
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