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Brain!

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four main components of the brain   cerebrum, diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellum  
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cerebrum   divided into right and left halves called cerebral hemispheres  
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corpus collusum   connects the right and left halves of the cerebrum, deep within the cerebrum.  
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white matter   in the cerebrum, myelinated axons that cross from one hemisphere to the other  
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lobes of the cerebrum   frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe  
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gyri   large folds in the cerebrum  
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sulci   grooves between the gyri  
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central sulcus   really deep groove that separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe  
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lateral sulcus   seperates the frontal lobe from the temporal lobe  
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parital occipital   seperates the occipital from the parietal lobe  
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longitudinal fissure   seperates the right and left hemisphere of the cerebrum  
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white matter in the cerebrum   on the corpus collosum and the anterior commisure -- myelinated axons connect the right and left hemispheres  
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internal capsual   axons that link the lower structures of the CNS , runs tracts superior to anterior  
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gray matter   mostly cell bodies, located in the cerebral cortex and the basal nuclei  
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cerebral cortex   most superficial layer of the cerebrum,  
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three functional areas of the cerebral cortex   motor, sensory, and association  
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sensory functional areas of cerebral cortex   info from sensory receptors-- primary somatosensory cortex, primary visual cortex, gustatory cortex, olfactory cortex, and auditory cortex  
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primary somoatosensory cortex   receives information concerning general sensations such as touch, pain, pressure, itch and temperature-- info from left side of body goes to right somatosensory cortex and vise versa  
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primary visual cortex   receives impulses conveying visual infromation such as shape, light, color, movement  
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gustatory cortex   receives information concerning taste  
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olfactory cortex   receives information concerning smell  
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auditory cortex   receives information concerning sound  
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motor functional movements   controls voluntary muscle movements, primary motor cortex, broca's area  
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primary motor cortex   controls voluntary movements of skeletal muscle, left side controls right side of body and vice versa  
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broca's area   located in LEFT frontal lobe, controls production of speech  
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association areas   integrates sensory information and makes a meaningful recognition, somatosentory association cortex, premotor cortex, visual association cortex, wernickes area,  
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somatosensory association cortex   interprets sensations such as shape and texture  
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premotor cortex   controls skill motor activities and can peice together a pattern of multiple motor signals that need to be done for an entire activity (walking)  
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visual association cortex   allows you to recognize and put meaning to what you are looking at  
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wernicke's area   interprets the meaning behind speech  
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basal ganglia   three nuclei located deep within each cerebral hemisphere-- provides general rhythm and pattern to coordinated movements, controls muscle tone  
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parkinson's   overactive basal ganglia  
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huntingtons   decreased function of basal ganglia  
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limbic system   area around the diencephalon, deep within the cerebrum. involves the motor part of emotions and facilitates long term memory in hippocampus  
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diencephalon   inferior to the cerebrum- thought of as the core of the brain  
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three areas of the diencephalon   thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus  
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thalamus   relays sensory info to the basal ganglia, and cerbral cortex, relays visual info to the occipital lobe, **smell does not go through thalamus first  
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hypothalamus   looks like balls below the thalamus, controls the autonomic nervous system, produces hormones and regulates behavior, regulates thirst and hunger and temperature  
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epithalamus   back of the birds head. -- contains the pineal gland  
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pineal gland   secretes the hormone melatonin which makes you sleep  
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brain stem   inferior to the diencephalon and superior to the spinal cord  
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three parts of the brain stem   midbrain, pons and medulla  
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midbrain   involves auditory and visual reflexes, such as alertness-- part of the brain that caffeine affects  
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pons   relays motor information from the cerebrum to the cerebellum-- controls respiration  
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medulla   nuclei regulations such as heartrate, breathing, vomiting, sneezing, coughing and huccupping  
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cerebellum   controls posture and balance, fine tunes movements, alcohol affects this part of the brain  
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ataxia   loss of muscle coordination  
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Meninges   the thin layers that cover the brain  
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three meninges   dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater  
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dura mater   thickest strongest meninge, main function is to drain blood  
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dural sinuses (aka venous sinus)   space that drains blood from the brain  
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arachnoid mater   very thin and looks like spider webbing over the brain  
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pia mater   the innermost later, cannot be peeled off  
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meninge spaces   epidural space, subdural space, subarachnoid space,  
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epidural space   POTENTIAL space above the dura mater  
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hemorrhage   bleeding in the epidural space  
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hematoma   when the bleeding the epidural space stops  
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subdural space   POTENTIAL space between the dura mater and the arachnoid mater  
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subarachnoid space   REAL SPACE between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater-- contains cerebralspinal fluid  
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cerebralspinal fluid   clear colorless liquid that contains oxygen, glucose, proteins,lactic acid, and small ions- aways found in the subarachnoid space  
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function of CSF   physical protection, chemical protection, and delivers and circulates nutrients  
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choroid plexus   where the CSF is produced, lines the ventricles  
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ependymal cells   produces the CFS and lines the capillaries,blood capillaries, distribute the blood  
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ventricles   spaces within the brain  
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four ventricles in the brain   two lateral venticles, third ventricle and fourth ventricle  
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lateral ventricles   on each side of the hemisphere  
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third ventricle   space right under the thalamus  
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fourth ventricle   between the brain stem and the cerebellum  
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aural sinus   where the CFS is dumped to be reabsorbed  
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