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PSC 121 - Physiological Psychology > Lab Practical 1 > Flashcards

Lab Practical 1 Flashcards

1
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Pineal body

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Produces melatonin

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Superior colliculus

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Controls head and eye orientation

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3
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Inferior colliculus

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carriers auditory information

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4
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Frontal lobe

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executive functioning, impulse control, reward, and motor command

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Parietal lobe

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association information and sensory processing

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Occipital lobe

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visual information

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7
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Temporal lobe

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memory and hearing

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Cerebellum

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motor movement coordination

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Entorhinal cortex

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part of hippocampal formation; process olfactory bulb

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Cerebral peduncle

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communication pathway between cerebellum and the spinal cord

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Infundibulum

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connects the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus

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12
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Mammillary bodies

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important for memory consolidation

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13
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Medulla

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control autonomic functioning

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14
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Midbrain

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sensory processing and hormone control

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15
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Olfactory bulb

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site of olfactory transduction

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16
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Olive

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motor coordination

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17
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Optic chiasm

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decussation of visual information

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18
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Optic nerve

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connects the eyes to the brain

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Optic tract

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carries visual informationto processing centers

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20
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Periamygdaloid cortex

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olfactory coordination with limbic system

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21
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Pons

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helps regulate sleep and arousal

22
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Pyramidal tracts

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carries comands for distal movements from the motor cortex

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Trapezoid body

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important for auditory processing

24
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Ventral median fissure

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line the divides the hemispheres along the brain stem

25
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Lateral ventricles

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produces cerebrospinal fluid

26
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Third ventricles

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moves csf

27
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Cerebral aquaduct

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connects third and fourth ventricle

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Corpus callosum

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axons connecting the two hemispheres

29
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Fornix

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connects the hippocampus with other parts of the brain

30
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Thalamus

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dorsal to hippocampus, relays information to the cortex

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Hypothalamus

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controls autonomic nervous system, pituitary gland, and endocrine system

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Massa intermedia

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connects the lobes of the thalamus, goes through middle of third ventricle

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Cingulate gyrus

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receives input from the thalamus and projects to the entorhinal cortex via the cingulum

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Septum pellucidum

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membrane seperating anterior horns of lateral ventricles

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Arbor vitae

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cerebellar white matter that brings both sensory and motor information to and from the cerebellum

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Amygdala

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Limbic system, emotional behavior

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Basal ganglia

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strongly interconnected subcortical nuclei controls voluntary motor movements, procedural learning, routin behaviors

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Striatum (part of the basal ganglia)

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caudate and putamen

39
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Caudate

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involved in reward system

40
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Putamen

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regulates movement and types of learning

41
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Globus pallidus (part of the basal ganglia)

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regulates motor movement

42
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External capsule

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carry corticocorical association fibers

43
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Hippocampus

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memory consolidation and certain aspects of spatial memory

44
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Internal capsule

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ascending and descending tracts

45
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Thalamic nuclei

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Lateral geniculate body, medial geniculate body, and ventral thalamic nuclei

46
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Lateral geniculate nuclei

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receives input from retina and sends to occipital lobe

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Medial geniculate nuclei

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part of thalamus, receives input from inner ear to primary auditory cortex in temporal lobe

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Ventral thalamic nuclei

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composed of several distinct nuclei which modify signals from surrounding nuclei and cerebellum

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Corona radiate

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cortical projections from brainstem and thalamus

50
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Midbrain reticular formation

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a network of neural nuclei in the brain stem that play a role in sleep and arousal

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Substantia nigra

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dark body of dopaminergic neurons that communicate with the basal ganglia to regulate certain aspects of movement

PSC 121 - Physiological Psychology (5 decks)

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