Term
|
Definition
| Folds on surface of brain |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Grooves on brain's surface |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Involved in spatial reasoning/parallel processing. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Involved in logical reasoning and controls language in most humans. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Process conscious control of movement, behavior and personality. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Process sensory information from muscle and skin. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Involved in processing of hearing and language. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Separates the temporal lobe from the frontal lobe. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Separates frontal lobe from parietal lobe |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Processes touch and other skin sensations. Part of parietal cortex. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Region of motor control, part of the frontal cortex. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Separates right and left hemisphere of the brain. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Contains axons bringing information into the spinal cord |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Contains axons carrying information out of the spinal cord |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The soma lies outside the spinal cord in these clusters. There's one for each spinal nerve. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Axons which are transporting information toward a target. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An axon which transports information away from a target. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Collection of 3 specialized membranes separating the brain from the skull. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Outermost covering of the meninges. leather-like consistency, forms tough inelastic "bag". |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Middle layer of meninges. Spider web-like structure. Allows passage of blood vessels and connects Pia mater with Dura mater. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Thin membrane with many blood vessels. Separated from arachnoid by space filled with cerebrospinal fluid. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Fluid-filled caverns and canals inside the brain. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Produces cerebrospinal fluid. Found in ventricles of cerebral hemispheres. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Special structures which allow blood vessels to absorb cerebrospinal fluid. |
|
|
Term
| Three types of cortex in Mammals |
|
Definition
| Olfactory cortex, hippocampus and neocortex (only in mammals) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| metencephalon with the cerebellum |
|
|
Term
| Medulla Oblongata derived from |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Functions in visual and auditory orientation reflexes, maintaining posture and voluntary movements of body and face, pain. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| 3-oculomotor; 4-tochlear; 6-abducens |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Regulates respiration, motor and sensory fibers run through it, movement of face&jaw muscles, eyemovement & sensation to face, sleep. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Thoroughface for somatic afferent & efferent fibers. Caudal portion of brainstem, leads to spinal cord. |
|
|
Term
| Medulla Oblongata cranial nerves |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Involved in voluntary beginning and ending of movement: lesions cause Parkinson's disease. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Separates cerebellum from brain stem. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| 3 forebrain nuclei involved in motor control |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Processing sensory and motor information & endocrine role. Consists of thalamus and hypothalamus |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Involved in regulating emotion, motivation and homeostasis. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Processes sensory info & relays motor info |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Part of limbic system, controls pituitary. |
|
|
