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Chapter 3 Part A
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
06/22/2011

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Term
Central Nervous System
Definition
Brain and Spinal Cord
Term
Peripheral Nervous System
Definition
Consists of all nerves outside spinal cord
controls Somatic nerves, Autonomic nerves
Term
Parietal Lobe
Definition
Somatosensory, spacial awareness
Term
Left Cerebral Hemisphere
Definition
spoken language
Term
Right Cerebral hemisphere
Definition
written language
Term
Somatic Nerves
Definition
control touch and muscle
Term
autonomic nerves
Definition
parasypathetic-rest/digest
sympathetic-fight/flight
Term
Sulcus
Definition
"valley" in the brain
Term
gyrus
Definition
"hill" in the brain
Term
Longitudinal Fissure
Definition
separates left and right hemisphere
Term
cerebellum
Definition
reflexes, motor control, movement memory
Term
Sylvian Fissure
Definition
separates frontal lobe
Term
Midbrain
Definition
everything below thalamus and below pons
relays info from eyes, ears, and skin.
Term
superior colliculi
Definition
vision
Term
inferior colliculi
Definition
hearing
Term
pons
Definition
translates information going to and from the brain stem
Term
medulla oblongata
Definition
breathing, heartbeat, vital functions
Term
olfactory bulbs
Definition
sense of smell, underneath brain
Term
cingulate cortex
Definition
tells you when something is wrong, anxiety, stress, guilt, etc
Term
amygdala
Definition
tags things with emotion
Term
hippocampus
Definition
conscious memory
Term
striatum/basal ganglia
Definition
in the midbrain, initiates movement
Term
hindbrain
Definition
extension of spinal cord, vital functions controlled here
Term
cerebral cortex
Definition
outer surface of brain
Term
lateralized
Definition
tendency for one cerebral hemisphere to excel at a particular skill
Term
Brain Stem
Definition
relays info from brain to spinal cord
Term
Striatum/basal ganglia
Definition
starts and stops motion
Term
Endocrine system
Definition
hormones that travel through blood stream controlled by the hypothalamus
Term
telencephalon
Definition
cortex
Term
diencephalon
Definition
thalamus, hypothalamus
Term
mescencephalon
Definition
mid brain
Term
metenchephalon
Definition
pons, cerebellum
Term
myelencephalon
Definition
medulla oblongata
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