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Brain Anatomy Flashcards

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Location of the Frontal Lobe

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Front of the brain (forehead)

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Location of the temporal lobe

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Bottom part of the brain

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Location of the occipital lobe

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back of the brain

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Location of the parietal lobe

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Top back of brain

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3 portions of the brain

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Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brainstem

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2 parts of the cerebrum

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Cerebral Hemisphere, diencephalon

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3 parts of the cerebral hemisphere

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Cortex, Basal ganglia, hippocampus and amygdala

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4 parts of the cortex

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Frontal, Temporal, parental, occipital

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2 parts of the diencephalon

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thalamus, hypthalamus

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3 parts of the brainstem

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pons, medulla, midbrain

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What are dips called on the brain

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Sulcus/sulci

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What are the bumps called

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Gyrus/Gyri

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Role of the Thalamus

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sensory relay station (limbic)

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role of hypothalamus

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homeostatic, sleep/eat/cycle

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role of midbrain

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integrate visual/auditory info, directs self/attention stimuli

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role of pons

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sleep and respiration and excretory reflexes

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role of pons

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sleep and respiration and excretory reflexes

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role of medulla

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cardiovascular control, inhibitory in nature/ breath

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role of cerebellum

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error corrector

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role of hippocampus and amygdala

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limbic memory

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role of basal ganglia

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start/stop mov’t damaged in Parkinson’s

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main role of the occipital lobe

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two components of the occipital lobe

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primary visual cortex and visual association cortex

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role of the primary visual cortex

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awareness of visual stimuli

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role of the visual association cortex
meaning to visual stimuli
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main role of the temporal lobe
auditory
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components of the temporal lobe
the primary auditory cortex auditory association cortex, left and right lobes
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role of the primary auditory cortex
awareness of sound
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role of the auditory association cortex
helps with meaning of sound
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role of right temporal lobe
tone/pitch/music/ nonverbals
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role of the left temporal lobe (wernicks)
understanding expression
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main role of the frontal lobe
action
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role of the precentral gyrus> primary cortex
voluntary movement
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role of the association motor corteis
premotor-integrate vision supplementary-postural contrat
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role broca's area (left side) prefrontal cortex
executive functioning, judgement, and personality
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portions of the frontal lobe
precentral gyrus (primary cortex), association motor cortices, Broca's area, prefrontal cortex
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main role of the parietal lobe
sensory
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portions of the parietal lobe
primary somatosensory cortex, somatosensory association area (left and right)
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role of the primary somatosensory cortex
touch, proprioception, pain, temp
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somatosensory association
gives meaning to sensation/identifies Left: word finding/empathy, writing, math Right: interpretation/non-verbal, music, no neglect

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