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24 Cards in this Set
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Frontal Lobe |
Impulse control, judgement, language, memory, motor functions, problem solving, socialization, and spontaneity |
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Parietal Lobe |
Processing of tactile information, integrating sensory information from various senses, and manipulation of objects |
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Occipital Lobe |
Contains the primary visual cortex |
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Temporal Lobe |
Speech/language functions, audition, object recognition, facial recognition |
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Corpus Callosum |
the main bridge for communication between the hemispheres. Dorsal to the lateral ventricles Coronal section a/ vertical cut anterior to optic chiasm |
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Anterior commissure |
Part of the olfactory tract cross here. Located ventral to the lateral ventricles - coronal section a |
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Ventricles |
Interconnected fluid filled cavities that produce cerebrospinal fluid which then acts to cushion and protect the brain and spinal cord |
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Lateral Ventricles |
located between the corpus callosum and the fornix - coronal section a/b |
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3rd Ventricle |
surrounds the thalamus |
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Caudate Nucleus |
important for voluntary movement - Vertical cut anterior to optic chiasm |
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Putamen |
Receives input from sensory and motor areas and projects to the globus pallidus - Lateral and Dorsal to the Globus Pallidus |
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Globus Pallidus |
Main inhibitory output from the basal ganglia to the thalamus. Also important for postural control. - Vertical cut anterior to optic chiasm, ventral medial to caudate nucleus |
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Hyopthalamus |
Controls the pituitary gland. Responsible for maintaing homeostasis for factors such as blood pressure, body temperature, electrolyte balance, and body weight. - Mid sagital cut anterior to optic chaism |
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Amygdala |
Responsible for the production of fear and anger related behaviours and possibly storage of fearful memories -Vertical cut posterior to optic chiasm, most ventral/lateral |
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Thalamus |
Relay center for all sensory inputs (except olfactory input) before continuing to the cerebral cortex. Motor inputs also pass through here - Vertical cut posterior to optic chiasm ventral to fornix, vertical cut through pineal gland ventral to pineal gland |
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Superior Colliculus |
together with the inf colliculus forms the tectum. Helps to orient the head towards something that is seen or heard (for vision this is called blindsight since this function remains intact even when primary visual pathways are non functional) - Mid-sagital cut later to pineal gland and medial to cerebellum |
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Inferior Colliculus |
Responsible for auditory localization (determing the source of a sound in space) Mid-Sagital cut ventral to superior colliculus |
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Hippocampus |
An extremely efficient memory center in the brain. Responsible for spatial memory and spatial navigation as well as some types of non-spatial memory such as contextual memory and episodic memory. Damage to this structure produces both anterograde and retrograde amnesia. - Vertical cut through pineal gland laterla to pineal gland |
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Pineal Gland |
A small endocrine gland that contains photoreceptors. It is stimulated by darkness to produce melatonin, a process which is inhibited by light. Melatonin plays an important role in the maintenance of circadian rhythms. - Vertical cut through pineal gland, medial most object - Mid-sagital cut lateral to thalamus |
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Olfactory Bulb |
an important component of the olfactory system. Analogous to the primary cortex of other senses, it extracts different components of odors, allowing them to be recognised. - Ventral view anterior most object |
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Mammillary Bodies |
Appear to play a role in memory formation, since damage here produces anterograde amnesia. - Ventral view posterior to infundibulum/optic chiasm - Mid-sagital posterior to hypothalamus |
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Optic Chiasm |
location where part of each optic nerve cross to the other side of the brain. Facilitates depth perception by allowing adjacent visual cortex neurons to receive input from different eyes. - Ventral view anterior to infundibulum - Mid-sagital cut anterior to hypothalamus |
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Medulla |
Controls autonomic functions such as heartbeat and respiration - Midsaggital posterior to pons - Ventral view anterior to spinal cord |
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Cerebellum |
Important for motor coordination and motor learning - midsaggital cut dorsal to medulla, Dorsal view - medial most object posterior to frontal lobal anterior to occipital lobe |