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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Brain | an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity |
| Spinal Cord | the cylindrical bundle of nerve fibers and associated tissue which is enclosed in the spine and connects nearly all parts of the body to the brain, with which it forms the central nervous system. |
| Brachial plexus | a complex network of nerves originating from the spinal cord in the neck that controls movement and sensation in the shoulder, arm, forearm, and hand. |
| Ulnar nerve | a major nerve running from your neck down the inside (medial side) of your arm to your hand, often called the "funny bone" where it's close to the skin at the elbow |
| Radial nerve | a major nerve running down the back of your arm, controlling arm extension , wrist and finger extension, and providing sensation to the back of the arm, forearm, and hand, |
| Median nerve | a major nerve in your arm that controls movement and sensation in your forearm hand and wrist |
| Sciatic nerve | the body's longest and thickest nerve, originating in the lower back from spinal nerves, traveling through the buttocks and down the back of each leg, controlling movement and sensation in the lower body, and branching to the lower leg, foot, and toes |
| Occipital Lobe | is the brain's primary visual processing center, located at the back of the head, responsible for interpreting color, form, and motion from visual input received from the eyes, enabling us to see and understand the world |
| Cerebellum | the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates. Its function is to coordinate and regulate muscular activity. |
| Brain Stem | It controls many vital functions, such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure, and the nerves and muscles used in seeing, hearing, walking, talking, and eating. |
| Frontal Lobe | each of the paired lobes of the brain lying immediately behind the forehead, including areas concerned with behavior, learning, personality, and voluntary movement. |
| Temporal Lobe | lobes sit behind the ears and are the second largest lobe. They are most commonly associated with processing auditory information and with the encoding of memory. |
| Parietal Lobe | a brain region at the top-rear, crucial for processing sensory info (touch, pain, temp), spatial awareness, navigation, and integrating senses to understand the environment |
| Wernicke’s Area | is a crucial brain region, typically in the left temporal lobe, vital for language comprehension, processing both spoken and written words, and connecting sounds to meaning |
| Broca’s Area | a region in the left frontal lobe of the brain, crucial for speech production, language formation, and articulation |
| Sensory Cortex | is the brain's region for processing sensory input |
| Motor Cortex | located in the brain's frontal lobe, plans, initiates, and controls voluntary movements by sending signals to skeletal muscles, coordinating complex actions, and working with other brain areas like the cerebellum for balance. |
| Spinal Cord | is a crucial part of the central nervous system, a tube of nervous tissue running from the brainstem down the back, protected by vertebrae, that transmits signals between the brain and the body for movement, sensation and autonomic functions |
| Gyrus/Gyri | A gyrus (plural: gyri) is a ridge or fold on the surface of the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain, with the grooves between them called sulci |
| Sulcus/Sulci | a groove or furrow in the cerebral cortex, forming the valleys between the brain's ridges, |
| Brain Stem | the vital, stalk-like structure connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord |
| Amygdala | crucial for processing emotions, especially fear, and forming emotional memories, |
| Hypothalamus | a region of the forebrain below the thalamus which coordinates both the autonomic nervous system and the activity of the pituitary, controlling body temperature, thirst, hunger, and other homeostatic systems, and involved in sleep and emotional activity. |
| Olfactory Bulbs | crucial neural structures in the forebrain that process smells, |
| Limbic System | a complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It controls the basic emotions and drives |
| Hippocampus | a crucial brain structure, shaped like a seahorse essential for forming new long-term memories, spatial navigation, and learning, located deep in each temporal lobe as part of the limbic system. |
| Corpus Callosum | the brain's primary connector, a large bundle of nerve fibers linking the left and right cerebral hemispheres to allow them to communicate and coordinate functions like movement, sensory processing, and cognition. |
| Pineal Gland | a pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third ventricle of the brain, secreting a hormone-like substance in some mammals. |
| Pituitary Gland | the major endocrine gland. A pea-sized body attached to the base of the brain, the pituitary is important in controlling growth and development and the functioning of the other endocrine glands. |
| Thalamus | acts as the brain's primary relay station, processing and routing sensory (sight, sound, touch, taste) and motor signals to the cerebral cortex, while also controlling consciousness, sleep, alertness, attention, memory, and emotion |
| Pons | a crucial part of the brainstem, located above the medulla oblongata, acting as a bridge connecting different brain areas, managing sleep, breathing, and relaying sensory/motor signals for face, eyes, and hearing. |
| Medulla Oblongata | the vital, lowest part of the brainstem, connecting the brain to the spinal cord, controlling essential involuntary functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure, and acting as a crucial relay for nerve signals, with damage often being fatal. |
| Midbrain | the smallest but crucial top part of the brainstem, connecting the forebrain and hindbrain, essential for relaying sensory/motor signals, processing vision/hearing, controlling eye/head movements, and mediating reflexes like pain response |
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Embry Wazac