Brain Function Quiz Flashcards by Emily Dillon

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Gyri

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Raise surface area

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Sulcus/fissure

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Grooves which separate hemispheres

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Longitudinal fissure

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Separate left and right hemisphere

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Central sulcus

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Divides frontal and parietal lobe

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Precentral gyrus

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Primary motor area

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Post central gyrus

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Sensory area where impulses are

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Frontal lobe

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Language comprehension

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Parietal lobs

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Somatic sensory area

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Temporal lobe

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Auditory interpretation

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Occipital lobe

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Vision

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Lateral sulcus

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Divides parietal and temporal

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Parieto-occipital sulcus

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Divide temporal and occipital

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Broca’s area

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Vocalize words

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Speech area

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Sound out words

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Corpus callosum

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Divides fibrous track into left and right halves

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Basal nuclei

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Gray matter voluntary motor unit

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Thalamus

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Relay for sensory impulses

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Hypothalamus

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Regulates pituitary temperature

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Pituitary gland

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Produced hormone growth

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Mammillary bodies

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Reflex center offactory smell

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Epithalamus

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House pineal body

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Pineal body

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Cycles

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Choroid plexus

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Capillaries form cerebral

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Midbrain

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Top of brain stem

Cerebral aqueduct

Connects 3rd and 4th ventricles

Cerebral peduncles

Sending and decending

Corpora quadrigemina

Reflex vision and seeing

Pons

Breathing

Medulla oblongsta

Controls breathing heart rate swallowing vomitting

Reticular formation

Conciousness

Cerebellum

Balance equilibrium