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Parts of the brain
Parts of the brain for gross anatomy class
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Anatomy
Graduate
04/21/2013

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-fear processing

-emotion processing

-learning

-fight or flight response

-reward processing

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Basal Ganglia

-movement regulation

-skill learning

-habit formation

-reward systems

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Brain Stem

 -maintaining homeostasis by controlling autonomic functions

-alertness

-sleep

-balance

-startle response

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Broca's area

-language production

-comprehension of complex syntax

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Cerebellum

-coordination of voluntary movement

-motor learning

-balance

-reflex memory

-posture

-timing

-sequence learning

 

 

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Cingulate Gyrus

-pain processing

-emotion

-memory

-self regulation

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Corpus Callosum

-connects right and left hemispheres

-passes information between the right and left hemispheres

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Dentate gyrus

-memory formation

-possible role in memory recall

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Entorhinal Cortex

-declarative memory

-spatial memory

-self localization

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Frontal Lobe

-executive processes(decision making planning, problem solving, thinking, among other things)

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Hippocampus

-early memory storage

-formation of long term memory

-spatial navigation

 

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Hypothalamus

 -hunger

-thirst

-body temperature

-sexual activity

-arousal

-parenting

-perspiration

-blood pressure

-heart rate

-shivering

-pupil dilation

-circadian rhythms

-sleep

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Limbic System

-memory storage

-regulating emotion

-processing smells

-sexual arousal


StEPS

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Middle and Inferior Temporal Gyri

-word retrieval

-language ad sematic memory processing

-visual perception

-multimodal sensory integration

-autobiographical memory

-visual recognition

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Occipital Lobe

-vision

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Parietal Lobe

-perception and integration of somatosensory

-visuospatial processing

-spatial attention

-spatial mapping

-number representation

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Peririhinal Cortex

-object recognition

-memory formation and storage

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Pons

-regulating breathing taste and autonomic functions

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Prefrontal Cortex

-executive processes(decision making, problem solving, planning, and thinking)

-attention

-inhibition

-intelligence

-social skills

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Premotor Cortex

-planning and executing motor movements

-imitation

-empathy

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Primary Motor Cortex

-coordination and initiation of motor movements

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Somatosensory Cortex

-sensory processing and integration

-memory processing

-regulation of the body's response to stress

-spatial navigation

-information processing

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Superior Temporal Gyrus

-sound processing

-speech processing and comprehension

-auditory memory

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Temporal Lobe

-recognition

-perception

-understanding language

-learning and memory

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Thalamus

-relaying motor and sensory information

-memory

-alertness

-consciousness

-contributes to perception and cognition

 

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Ventricles

-cushions and protects the brain

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Wernickes area

-language comprehension

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