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PSYC 373 Practical II
George Mason University
24
Psychology
Undergraduate 4
11/20/2017

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Red: Cerebral Peduncles

  • Connect cerebrum to brain stem and spinal cord

White: Trigeminal Nerve --- Nerve 5 (Both)

  • Controls chewing muscles
  • Sensation of touch and pain in the face
  • Blink Reflex
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Pink: Pituitary Gland

  • Production and secretion of hormones
  • Homeostasis

Yellow: Optic Chiasm

  • Crossing over of optic nerves to opposite sides of the brain

Blue: Optic Nerve --- Nerve 2 (Sensory)

  • Perception and sensation of visual information
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Black: Pons

  • Relays sensory information from cerebellum to cerebrum

White: Olfactory Bulb --- Nerve 1 (Sensory)

  • Perception and sensation of smell
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Green: Temporal Lobe

  • Learning, memory, language comprehension, emotion
  • Main area for hearing

Blue: Oculomotor Nerve: Nerve 3 (motor)

  • Lateral and vertical eye movement
  • Pupil Constriction
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Yellow: Frontal Lobe

  • Planning, decision making, impulse control
  • Production of speech (Broca's Area) 

Green: Parietal Lobe

  • Spatial awareness and navigation, sensation of touch, body position

Pink: Occipital Lobe

  • Main area for vision, contains primary visual cortex
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Blue: Dura Mater

  • protects brain, contains Pia and Arachnoid layers

Red: Medial Longitudinal Fissure

  • Divides brain hemispherically

White: Cerebellum

  • Coordination of fine motor skills and movements
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Yellow: Abducens, Nerve 6, (motor)

  • controls Lateral Rectus
  • side to side movements

Black: Spinal accessory Nerve 11, (both) *NOT ON EXAM*

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Yellow: Superior Colliculus

  • simple visual processing

Black: Inferior Colliculus

  • simple auditory processing
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Black: Trochlear Nerve, Nerve 4, (motor)

  • controls rolling eye movements
  • prevents eyes from rotating

Red: Medulla

  • controls autonomic functions
    • breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure
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Pink: Corpus Callosum (White Matter)

  • Connects the two hemispheres and allows for communication between them

Green: Fourth Ventrical

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 White: Arbor Vitae (White matter)

  • sends sensory and motor information to and from the cerebellum

Yellow: Superior Colliculus

  • simple visual processing

Pink: Lateral Ventricals

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Green: Inferior Colliculus

  • simple auditory processing

Yellow: Thalamus (Grey Matter)

  • Sensory relay system for all afferent pathways except olfaction (smell)
  • Regulates states of sleep and wakefulness 
  • "Gateway to consciousness"
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Green: Cingulate Gyrus (Grey matter)

  • Anterior: executive functioning
  • Posterior: emotional regulation

Pink: Hypothalamus (Grey matter)

  • Fleeing, Fighting, Feeding, """Mating"""
  • Controls autonomic and endocrine systems
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White: Optic Chiasm

  • crossing over of nerve fibers to opposite sides of brain

Pink: Pons

  • Connects and sends sensory information to and from the cerebrum and cerebellum

Yellow: Pineal Body

  • Secretes melatonin, controls circadian rhythm and induces sleep
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Green: Medulla

  • Controls autonomic functions (breathing, blood pressure, heart rate)

Yellow: Cerebral Aqueduct

Pink: Third Ventrical

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White: Cerebellum (white and grey)

  • Cordination of movement and balance
  • fine motor skills

Yellow: Fornix ("the fornix forks down")

  • White Matter

 

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Yellow: Cornea

  • Transparent protective covering, focuses some light

Green: Nictitating Membrane

  • Protects and moistens eye

Red: Sclera

  • White protective covering of the eye
  • extension of the Dura Mater
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White: Vitreous humor

  • provides shape and support

Red: Iris

  • Light regulation (entry)
  • Colored part of the eye

Green: Lens ("The Skittle")

  • Adjusts shape and refracts light to focus images
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Yellow: Tapetum Lucidum

  • Reflects light, allows for night vision in animals

White: Choroid

  • Absorbs any excess light
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Yellow: Corona Radiata (white matter)

  • Carries most neural information to an from cerebral cortex

Red: Cingulate Gyrus (grey matter)

  • Anterior: Executive functioning
  • Posterior: Emotional regulation

White: Corpus Callosum (white matter)

  • Connects hemispheres and allows for communication between them
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White: Third Ventrical

 

Red: Lateral Ventrical

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Thalamus (grey matter)

  • Sensory relay station for all afferent pathways except olfaction (smell)
  • Regulates sleep and wakefulness
  • "Gateway to consciousness"
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Red: Caudate Nucleus (Grey matter) 

  • Involved with movement, learning, and memory

Green: Putamen (Grey matter)

  • Involved with movement
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Implicit learning

     

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Green: Pineal Body

  • Secretion of melatonin, responsible for circadian rhythm

Blue: Hippocampus (grey and white matter)

  • Episodic Memory (who, what, when, etc.)
  • Spatial Memory (how to navigate a place)
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