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Hypoglossal Nerve

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Speaking, Chewing, Swallowing

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Parietal Lobe

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Interpret sensor input to control body movements.

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Occipital Lobe

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Vision

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Temporal Lobe

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Memory + Emotions

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Corpus Callosum

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Connect left + right hemispheres
“Big C”

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Basal Ganglia

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Regulates Movement
(Left side cerebrum, below corpus Callasum) `

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Thalamus

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Organizes Sensory info

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Iris

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Colored Part

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Cerebrum

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Voluntary Activity of the Brain

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Hippocompus

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Memory

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Optic Nerve

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Vision

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Basal Tears

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Happen all the time

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Reflex tears

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Ex. Cutting an onion or Yawning

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Emotional Tears

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Releases cortisol
Improves mood +vitals

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Lacrimal Glands

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Produces tears that drain into nasal cavity
(Lubricates eye, kills bacteria)

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Conjunciva

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Covering around eye +Under eyelids

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Action Potential

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Resting: - 70mv
Depolarization: -70_______ Positive, sodium enters
Repolarization : - positive _______-70mv, potassium out.

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Vitreous Humor

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Fluid that supports internal parts larger, posterior chamber

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Retina

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Vision receptor

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Optic Disc

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Where nerve fibers leave the eye, blind spot

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Transverse Fissure

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Separates cerebrum from cerebellum.

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Longitudinal Fissure

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Separates right +left lobes of the brain.

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Olfactory nerve

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Smell

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Limbic System

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Microglia
Maintain health of nervous system
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Brain Stem
Connects spinal cord to the rest of the brain.
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Pons
Mostly nerve fibers. "Bridge"
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Medulla oblongata
Controls heartbeat, respiratory rate, vomiting, sneezing, and coughing.
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Spinal cord
Connects brain to rest of body
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Cerebellum
Controls muscle activities Balance, equilibrium and posture.
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Dura Mater
Thickest, top layer of meninges
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Pia mater
Immediately on spiral cord and brain Bottom layer
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Arachnoid Layer
Spider-like fibers Middle layer
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Subdural Space
Contains interstitial fluid between dura mater and arachnoid layer
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Subarachnoid Space
Contains cerebrospinal fluid between the coracoid layer and pro mater
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Ependymal
Line cavities on CNS more cerebro-spinal fluid
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Lens
Focusing
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Vagus nerve
Carry sensory impulses from throat, esophagus, thorax, and abdomen to the brain, hear, muscles, and glands.
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Trigeminal Nerve
Sensory input from face
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Trochlear Nerve
Eye movement
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Accessory Nerve
Carry impulses to muscles of throat, neck , and back.
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Pupil
Opening for light to enter
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Ciliary Body
Holds lens in place
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Facial Nerve
Carry motor impulses for facial expressions tear + salivary glands
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Cornea
Focuses light protects eye
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Optic Nerve
Transmits visual from eye to brain
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Aqueous Humor
Liquid surrounding lens smaller, anterior chamber
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Oligodendrocytes + Schwann Cells
Make myelin sheath
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Astrocytes + Satellite Cells
Feed + care for neurons
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Oculomotors Nerve
Control light entering eye
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Abducens Nerve
Abducts eye from midline
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Glossopharyngeal nerve
Tongue +throat
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Vestibulochlear Nerve
Hearing "balance
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Sclera
White of the eye Attach eye muscles Back of eye
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Choroid Coat
Contains blood vessels
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Hypothalamus
Coordinates automatic functions of the body Homeostasis
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Amygdoala
Fear and pleasure
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Frontal lobe
Motor behavior

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