Brain Stuff Flashcards
(25 cards)
Thalamus
Relay station for sensory stimulation for everything except smell
Hypothalamus
Body temperature, motivated and emotions, the hunger control center
Hippocampus
New memories, connects your present with your past
Amygdala
Aggression and fear, remembering emotionally charged stuff
Corpus callosum
Connects the two hemispheres, HQ, Info hub
Pituitary Gland
Endocrine gland, growth and development of endocrine glands
Spinal cord
The thing that connects the brain to the body
Cereberal cortex
The wrinkled part of the brain
Left hemisphere
Language, logic, writing, math, science
Right hemisphere
Relationships, recognition, creativity, perception, artsy fartsy
Limbic system
Middle layer of the brain, involved in emotion and memory, hippocampus, amygdaloid, and the hypothalamus
Suprachiasmatic nucleus
Regulates our circadian rhythm
Frontal lobe
Movement and speech and emotions
Temporal lobe
Recognition, speech
Occipital lobe
Sight
Parietal lobe
Spatial environment, patterns
Motor strip
Movement
Sensory strip
Senses
Cerebellum
Muscle coordination, balance
Reticular formation
Sleep, wakefulness, pain perception, breathing and muscle reflexes
Pons
Sleeping, waking, dreaming
Medulla oblong ate
Outside conscious functions or unconscious functions
Brock’s area
Language, physical ability to speak
Wernickes area
Ability to comprehend spoken and written language
