Chapter 3 Flashcards
(32 cards)
Orientation Reflex, sleep & dreaming
Pons (Hindbrain)
General arousal, sleep
Reticular Formation (Hindbrain/Midbrain)
Upright posture, balance, motor coordination
Cerebellum (Hindbrain)
Blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and reflexes
Medulla (Hindbrain)
Vision in midbrain
Tectum: Superior Colliculus
Audio in midbrain
Tectum: Inferior Colliculus
Voluntary movements
Parkinson’s Disease
Substania Nigra (Midbrain)
Relay station for sensory nerves
Thalamus (Forebrain)
HPA Axis (4 F’s) and regulates autonomic nervous system and endocrine system
Hypothalamus (Forebrain)
Releases Hormones
Pituitary Gland (Forebrain)
Emotion and memory
Limbic System: Amygdala & Hippocampus (Forebrain)
Connects right and left hemispheres
Corpus Callosum (Cortex)
First area for visual processing and using visual data
Blindness
Occipital Lobe: Visual Cortex
Touch, temperature, pain, pressure, etc
Hemineglect (damage to left)
Parietal Lobe: Sensory Cortex
Fine movement, planning, emotion, impulse control, and personality
Frontal Lobe: Motor Cortex
Speech production of left side of brain; part of frontal lobe
Broca’s Area
Broca’s Aphasia (slow speech)
Memory, hearing & language
Temporal Lobe: Auditory Cortex
Understanding language; part of temporal lobe
Wernickle’s Area
Wernickle’s Aphasia (can’t understand language)
Processes information from right side of world; logic and language
Left Hemisphere
Processes information from left side of our world; artistic, music, emtion, and facial recognition
Right Hemisphere
Left side of brain, person can name object
Right Eye
Right side of brain, can’t name object but can pick it out with left hand
Left Eye
Muscle contraction and memory
Alzheimer’s Disease
Acetylcholine
Arousal and vigilance
Depression
Norepinephrine
