Biology and Behavior Flashcards
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forebrain
complex: cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system, thalamus, hypothalamus
midbrain
reflex to auditory and visual
hindbrain
basic motor processes, survival processes: medulla oblongata, pons, cerebellum
cerebellum
refined movement
pons
sensory motor pathways
medulla oblongata
vital functioning
thalamus
part of forebrain: relay station for incoming sensory info except smell
hypothalamus
part of forebrain: feeding, fighting, flighting, fucking
basal ganglia
part of forebrain: movement (Parkinson’s illness with destruction of basal ganglia)
limbic system
part of forebrain for emotion and memory.
-interconnected structures: amygdala, cortex, hippocampus
cerebral cortex
part of forebrain: bumps and folds, two hemispheres and 4 lobes. frontal (complex reasoning and problem solving skills), parietal (touch, temperature, pain), occipital (vision), temporal (hearing)
frontal lobe
part of cerebral cortex
prefrontal lobes and motor cortex.
prefrontal lobes
manages executive fcn by supervising and directing operations: perception, memory, emotion, impulse control long-term planning
motor cortex
voluntary motor movement
parietal lobe
touch, temp, pain
occipital lobe
striate cortex: striped. sensation and perception of visual information
temporal lobe
auditory cortex and Wernicke’s area (language reception and comprehension)
dominant hemisphere
primarily analytic in functioning: language, logic, math skills
nondominant hemisphere
usually right: creativity, music cognition, spatial processing
acetylcholine
used by parasympathetic and sympathetic; voluntary muscle control, attention
catecholamines
epinephrine, norepi, doapmine (emotions)
epi and norepi
alertness and wakefulness, fight or flight
sserotonin
regulating mood, eating, sleeping, dreaming
GABA
inhibitory post synaptic potentials