Brain Basics - Anatomy of the Brain and the Nervous System
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| What is the largest part of the brain and what does it do? | show 🗑
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| Describe the Cerebrum (Physically) | show 🗑
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| show | Frontal Lobe, Parietal lobe, Occipital lobe, Temporal Lobe (Including Amygdala and Hippocampus) , Basal Ganglia, Thalamus and Hypothalamus
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| What is the frontal lobe responsible for? | show 🗑
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| What does the parietal lobe do? | show 🗑
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| What is the occipital lobe responsible for? | show 🗑
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| show | Helps process auditory information and puts information together from the other sensors. It is also thought to have a role in short term memory and in learned emotional responses through its amygdala
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| What are the basal ganglia and what do they do? | show 🗑
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| What does the thalamus do? | show 🗑
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| What does the hypothalamus do? | show 🗑
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| What does the midbrain consist of and what do they do? | show 🗑
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| show | The pon, the medulla oblongata, the spinal cord and the cerebellum
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| show | Control respiration, heart rhythms, and blood glucose levels
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| Describe the cerebellum | show 🗑
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| What does the spinal cord do? | show 🗑
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| Name the parts of the Central Nervous System (CNS) | show 🗑
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| show | The brain is protected by the skull and the spinal cord is protected by the vertebral column
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| What does the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) consist of? | show 🗑
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| show | Made up of neurons connecting the CNS with the parts of the body that interact with the outside world. The brain sends messages via the spinal cord to move the body.
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| show | Made up of neurons connecting the CNS with internal organs. 2 parts - The sympathetic nervous system mobilises energy and resources during time of stress and arousal. The parasympathetic nervous system conserves energy and resources during relaxed states
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| How are messages carried throught the nervous system? | show 🗑
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