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top part of the spinal cord
basic biological functions
includes: medulla, pons, and cerebellum |
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| blood pressure, heart rate, breathing |
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connects hindbrain with midbrain and forebrain
facial expressions and regulates sleep |
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in brain stem
keeps you alert
netlike collection of cells that controls body arousal and the ability to focus our attention |
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little brain
coordinates muscle movements |
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part of brain that coordinates muscles
between hindbrain and forebrain
integrates some sensory information
contains reticular formation |
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control thought and reason
contains the thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus |
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on top of the brain stem
receives sensory signals and sends them to appropriate areas |
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controls several metabolic functions
body temp, sexual arousal (libido), hunger, thirst, and the endocrine system
controls biological rhythms |
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involved with establishing long term memories
connects present with past |
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vital to our experiences of emotion
involved with memory
aggression and fear |
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| contains the thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus |
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| the wrinkles in the brain |
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| topmost layer of the brain |
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thin gray matter covering the cerebrum
thinking and perceiving |
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| connects the two hemispheres |
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| when the right hemisphere gets sensory messages and controls the functions of the left side of the body and vice versa |
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| specialization of function of each hemisphere |
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| lobe that contains abstract thought and emotional control |
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| part of a lobe that is responsible for controlling the muscles involved in producing speech |
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a thin vertical strip at the back of the frontal lobe
sends signals to our muscles, controlling our voluntary movements |
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lobe that controls touch and feeling
contains the sensory cortex or the somato sensory cortex
receives incoming touch sensations from the body |
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interprets messages from our eyes in the visual cortex
impulses in the right half of the retina are processed in the right hemisphere and vice versa |
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lobe that processes sound
sound produced in the left ear are processed in both cortices
wernike's area |
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| part of lobe where written and spoken speech are processed |
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| system of glands that secrete hormones that affect many different biological processes |
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| prepares the body for fight or flight |
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| genetic material that makes up chromosomes |
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