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dura mater
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protects and encloses the brain
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arachnoid
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strings of tissue called trabeculae
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pia mater
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tightly adheres to surface of the cerebrum
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cerebral cortex
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sensory input and mediating cognitive proccesses
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neocortex
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development of speech and abstract reasoning
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paleocortex
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smell, memory, motivated behaviors
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pyriform lobe
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smell
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olfactory bulb
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smell
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medial longitudinal fissure
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divides cerebrum into right and left hemispheres
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central fissure
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runs laterally across cerebrum
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precentral gyrus
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motor functions, fine movements
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postcentral gyrus
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somatosensory cortex, recieves input from sensory receptors in the skin joints and muscles.
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lateral fissure
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dorsal to temporal lobe
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superior temporal gyrus
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auditory fuction
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occipital lobe
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visual function
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parietal lobe
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body sensations
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temporal lobe
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hearing, advanced visual processing, motivational and emotional behavior
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frontal lobe
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planning of movements, some memory, inhibition of inappropriate behaviors
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pituitary gland
function & other name for it |
synthesizes and releases hormones into the blood
hypophysis |
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pons
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arousal, sleep, attention
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cerebellum
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control of movement/ balance
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medulla
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vital reflexes
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spinal cord
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ascending and descending nerve tracts
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optic chiasm
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point where the optic nerve come together
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optic tract
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carries visual information to brain
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cerebral peduncle
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houses nerve tracts that extend from spinal cord to cortex
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pyramidal tract
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carries motor nerves for muscle movement & motor behavior
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ventricles
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houses choroid plexus which produces the cerebral spinal fluid
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thalamus
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sensory relay station, collection of nuclei
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massa intermedia
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connects lobes of thalmus
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hypothalamus
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heart rate, blood pressure, water and food intake, sexual behavior, aggression
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mammillary bodies
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the nuclei of the hypothalmus
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cingulate gyrus
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connects frontal lobe with limbic structures
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fornix
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pathway for limbic system
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pineal body
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unknown - seasonal depression
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tectum
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superior colliculus: visual fuction
inferior colliculus: auditory fuction |
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tegmentum
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cerbral aqueduct: connects 3rd and 4th ventricles
contains nuclei and portions of peticular formation |
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hippocampus
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memory
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amygdala
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emotion
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basal ganglia
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voluntary motor responses
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limbic system
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4 Fs
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globus pallidus
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located lateral to thalamus
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striatum
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contains putamen and caudate nuclei
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tegmentum
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floor of midbrain
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substantia nigra
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contains dopamine secreting neurons, sensorimotor system
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red nucleus
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sensorimotor system
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