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Chapter 3 (Cards 26-50)
Mid Term II
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Physiology
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10/21/2004
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The part of the brain that controls thought, voluntary movement, language, reasoning, and perception.
 Definition
cerebral cortex
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A thick band of nerve fibers that connect the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
 Definition
corpus callosum
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A bump or bulge on the cortex.
 Definition
gyrus
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A groove in the cortex.
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sulci
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The part of the brain that controls movement, balance, and posture.
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Cerebellum
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The part of the brain that controls breathing, heart rate, blood pressure.
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brain stem
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The part of the brain that controls body temperature, emotions, hunger, and thirst.
 Definition
Hypothalamus
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The part of the brain that controls sensory processing and movement.
 Definition
thalamus
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The part of the brain that controls emotions.
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limbic systems
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The part of the brain that controls learning and memory.
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hippocampus
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The part of the brain that controls movement.
 Definition
basal ganglia
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The part of the brain that controls vision, audition, eye movement, and body movement.
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midbrain
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The layers one must first go through before reaching the brain.
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skin, skull, dura mater, arachnoid, pia matter
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Direction Ventral
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Toward the belly (front)
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Direction dorsal.
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Toward the back.
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Direction Rostal.
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Toward the nose.
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Direction caudal.
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Toward the tail.
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Direction superior.
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Toward the top of the head/body.
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Direction lateral.
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Away from the middle.
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Direction lateral.
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Away from the middle.
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Direction medial.
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Toward the middle.
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Direction bilateral.
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On both sides.
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Direction ipsilateral.
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On the same side.
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Direction contralateral.
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On the opposite side.
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Direction inferior.
 Definition
Below superior.
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