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Brain Responisbilites
Parts of the Brain and their Responisbilites
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
02/02/2010

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gray matter
Definition
cell bodies
houses white matter
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white matter
Definition
allows for communication
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frontal lobe
Definition
general intellect and motor control
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parietal lobe
Definition
general sensory input and interpretation
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occipital lobe
Definition
visual input
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temporal lobe
Definition
auditory,smell,taste sensory input
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thalamus
Definition
gateway to the cerebral cortex
sorting/interpreting passing sensory info
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hypothalamus
Definition
homeostatic control (temp,ph balance,hormones,metabolism,thirst/hunger,sleep patters,emotion)
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mammillary bodies
Definition
emotional response to odors
olfactory reflexes
memory
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epithalamus
Definition
roof of the third ventricle: choroid plexus and pineal body
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cerebellum
Definition
subconsciously coordinates fine and gross motor movement
posture and balance
coordinates force production/direction of movement
controls learning and theories/computing
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precentral gyrus
Definition
primary motor area responsible for conscious movement of skeletal muscle
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postcentral gyrus
Definition
primary sensory area which receives impulses from the body's sensory receptors
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pineal body
Definition
sythesizes hormone w/ sleep wake cycles;related to onset of puberty
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choroid plexus
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produces CSF
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pyramids
Definition
contain neural tracts from cerebral cortex
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olives
Definition
nuclei: reroute info from above and below to the cerebellum
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inferior cerebellar peduncles
Definition
neural tracts connecting medulla to cerebellum dorsally
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superior cerebellar peduncles
Definition
connect to midbrain,diencephalon,cerebrum
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middle cerebellar peduncles
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connect to pons
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subarachnoid space
Definition
filled with CSF
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dura mater
Definition
surrounds/supports dural sinuses
carries blood from the brain to the heart
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venous sinuses
Definition
between the periostial and dura mater
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