Brain Vocab Flashcards
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Optic chiasma
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Switches field of view
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Fornix
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Fiber band that is part of the limbic system that deals with emotions
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Olfactory bulb
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Smell
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Pituitary
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Produces hormones
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Mammillary body
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Animals- smell and reflex
Humans- swallowing and licking lips
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Pons
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Bridge for the higher brain and motor sensory nerves
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Medulla
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Heart, breathing, and blood pressure
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Cerebellum
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Muscle coordination and motor skills
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Corpora quadrigemina
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Superior colliculi- visual reflex
Inferior colliculi- auditory reflex
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Thalamus
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Relay station
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Corpus callosum
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Connects left/right brain halves
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Medullary pyramids
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Crossing over of nerves from brain and body ex rt hand counterclockwise rt foot clockwise
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Pineal body
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Makes hormone melatonin needed for sleep
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Septum pellucidum
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Seperates the lateral ventricles
