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CNS
Central Nervous System
Question | Answer |
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What are the three parts of the brain stem? | The medulla, pons, and midbrain. |
What is the medulla responsible for? | Respiratory, vasomotor, and cardiac functions. |
What is the pons responsible for? | Cardiac acceleration/vasoconstriction, and respiratory pattern/rate. |
What is the midbrain responsible for? | It may stop pain when stimulated |
What is the cerebellum responsible for? | Voluntary movement, trunk stability, equilibrium |
What are the three parts of the forebrain? | The cerebral cortex, diencephalon, and cerebrum. |
What is the cerebral cortex responsible for? | Higher functions of the brain. It receives all info from PNS. Translates impulses into feels and thoughts. |
What are the 4 lobes of the cerebral cortex? | Frontal, Occipital, Parietal, and Temporal. |
What is the frontal lobe responsible for? | High cognitive function, voluntary motor movement, speech in Broca's area |
What is the occipital lobe responsible for? | sight |
What is the parietal lobe responsible for? | spacial and sensory |
What is the temporal lobe responsible for? | somatic, visual, auditory, and Wernicke's speech area |
What are the four parts of the diencephalon? | Thalmus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, and limbic system |
What is the thalamus responsible for? | relays information to the cerebral cortex |
What is the hypothalamus responsible for? | hormone production, body temperature, thirst, hunger, sleep, circadian rhythm, mood, sex drive |
What is the Basal Ganglia responsible for? | voluntary and automatic movements |
What is the limbic system responsible for? | aggression, feeding behavior, sexual response |
What is the Cerebrum responsible for? | intelligence, creativity, and memory |