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Brain
Brain structor and function
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
03/01/2016

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Cerebrum

Frontal Volentary motor function 

Parital Recption and evaluation

Occipital Vission

Temperal Hearing smell memory

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Cerebellum

Coordinates voluntary movements such as balance, posture, coordination, and speech

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Brain Stem

Regulation of heart rate, breathing, sleeping and eating (made of pons + Medullla + Mid brain)

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Medulla Oblongata

Controls breathing, heart function, digestion, sneezing and swallowing

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Pons

Bridge between various parts of the nervous system including the cerebellum and cerebrum

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Midbrain

Influences motor function

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Diencephalon

Links nervous system to endocrine system through the pituitary gland (MADE OF Thalmus + Hypothalmus)

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Anterior Pituitary

Affects reproduction system by releasing hormones

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Posterior Pituitary

Hormone secretion

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Hypothalamus

Responsible for hormone production that control body temperature, thirst, hunger, sleep circadian rhythm, moods and sex drive

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Thalamus

Relay between subcortical areas and the cerebral cortex

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Optic Chiasma

Crucial to sight, where left and right optic nerves meet

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Optic Nerve II

Transfers visual information from the retina to the vision center of the brain through electrical impulses



 
 
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Olfactory Bulb

Where information about odors is processed

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Ventricles

Where cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) is produced

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Spinal Cord

Connects part of the peripheral nervous system to the brain

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Corpus Callosum

Links the two cerebral hemispheres which allows both sides to be interconnected

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gyri

Folds increse surface area

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