Brain Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Cerebrum

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Includes cerebral cortex

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Brain consist of 3 parts

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Forebrain, cerebellum, and brainstem

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Diencephalon

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Thalamus and hypothalamus

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Cerebellum

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Motor coordination
Balance
Smooth movements
Corrections in force and direction in movement when detects discrepancy

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Brainstem

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Connects forebrain and spinal cord. Includes: midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata

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Brainstem

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Many involuntary functions controlled by ANS like cardiovascular function and digestion

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Cerebral cortex

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Highest level of neural processing. Integrating center

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Sulci

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Grooves in brain

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Gyri

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Ridges on brain

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Occipital lobe

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Visual cortex

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Auditory cortex

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Hearing

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Frontal lobe

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Primary motor cortex. 
Initiates voluntary movement. 
Language
Planning 
Personality (Phineas Gage story)
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Right side of brain

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Spatial orientation
Creativity
Face recognition
Music
Dream imagery
Philosophy
Intuition
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Left side of brain

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Logic
Analytical processing 
Strong language capabilities 
Math skills 
Dominant for speech
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Thalamus

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Relay center
Sensory info except smell
Filters and transmits to cortex

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Hypothalamus

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Homeostasis
Link between endocrine and nervous system
Controls release of hormones including antidiuretic–regulates plasma volume and osmolarity, and oxytocin–regulates uterine contractions and milk ejection

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More hypothalamus

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Affects behavior
Regulates eating and drinking behavior
Thermoregulatory center
Part of lambic system--emotions and behaviors in response to emotions 
Stress
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Hypothalamus

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Regulates circadian rhythm

Hormone melatonin–plays a role in establishing the circadian rhythm

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Limbic system

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Autonomic functions
Motivation
Memory
Emotional 
Hippocampus--learning and memory
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Basal nuclei

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Provides feedback to cortex to help with smooth movements

Inhibits unwanted movements

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Diseases that effect basal nuclei

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Parkinson’s

Huntington’s chorea

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Wernicke’s area

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Language comprehension

Ability to understand language

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Broca’s area

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Language expression

Our ability to speak or write words

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Damage to Wernicke’s causes

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Wernicke’s aphasia–difficulty understanding words written or spoken
Can speak but makes no sense

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Damage to Broca's causes
Broca's aphasia--comprehend words and know what they want to say but cannot make a correct sentence. Slurred, stuttered, or grammatically incorrect "How you doing?" They will say, "sun school set time"
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Prefrontal cortex
Problem solving, emotions
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Olfactory
Smell
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Gustatory
Taste
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Primary motor cortex
Frontal love | Initiate voluntary movement
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Primary visual cortex
Occipital lobe | Vision