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03/04/2010

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Frontal Lobe
Definition
reasoning, motor control, and planning
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Parietal Lobe
Definition
touch
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Occipital Lobe
Definition
vision
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Temporal Lobe
Definition
sound, language, and memory
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Spinal Cord
Definition
main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system
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Medulla
Definition
controls autonomic functions
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Pons
Definition
Arousal, sleep
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Midbrain
Definition
eye movement, pupil dilation
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Superior Colliculus
Definition
processes and carries sensory information about vision
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Inferior Colliculus
Definition
processes and carries sensory information about hearing
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Hypothalamus
Definition
homeostasis, regulates sleep wake cycle
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Pituitary Gland
Definition
produces growth hormones
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Meninges
Definition
three membranes that cover the surface of the central nervous system
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Dura Mater
Definition
tough and fibrous outer covering
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Pia Mater
Definition
highly vascular layer, closely adherent to the brain and spinal cord
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Arachnoid Mater
Definition
avascular membrane attached to dura mater
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Cerebrospinal Fluid
Definition
colorless liquid that cushions brain
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Cerebelllum
Definition
balance and equilibrium
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Cerebrum
Definition
determines intelligence, personality
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Corpus Callosum
Definition
functions in the transferal of information between the two cerebral hemispheres
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Olfactory Bulb
Definition
smelling
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Pyriform Lobe
Definition
smelling
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Grey Matter
Definition
non-myelinated regions of the brain
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White Matter
Definition
myelinated regions of the brain
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Myelin
Definition
coating on an axon that increases conductance, decreases capacitance
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Thalamus
Definition
motor control
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Diencephalon
Definition
thalamus and hypothalamus
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Pineal Body
Definition
secretes hormone melatonin
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Brain Ventricles
Definition
openings in the brain that provide a pathway for cerebrospinal fluid
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Cerebral Aqueduct
Definition
connects the third ventricle with the fourth ventricle, allowing cerebrospinal fluid to flow between these two areas
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Central Canal
Definition
a narrow opening in the spinal cord that contains cerebrospinal fluid
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Choriod Plexus
Definition
responsible for the production of cerebrospinal fluid
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Septum pellucidum
Definition
think sheet of mostly glial-like elements that separate the left and right lateral ventricles from each other
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Caudate Nucleus
Definition
responsible for regulating and organizing information being sent to the frontal lobes from other areas of the brain
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Hippocampus
Definition
converts short term memory to more permanent memory
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Olfactory nerve
Definition
smell
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Optic nerve
Definition
vision
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Oculomotor nerve
Definition
up, down, medial eye movements and pupil constriction
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Trochlear nerve
Definition
rotation around rostrocaudal axis
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Trigeminal nerve
Definition
chewing, swallowing
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Abducens nerve
Definition
lateral eye movements
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Facial nerve
Definition
facial expressions, crying
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Vestibulocochlear nerve
Definition
hearing, equilibrium
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Glossopharyngeal
Definition
salivation, dilation of blood vessels
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Vagus nerve
Definition
ccontrol of larynx
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Spinal Accessory nerve
Definition
shoulder and head movements
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Hypoglossal
Definition
movement of tongue
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