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| 5247842462 | Lesion | - Tissue destruction; a brain lesion is a naturally or experimentally caused destruction of brain tissue. * The destruction of tissue ; causing tissue to die |  | 0 |
| 5247848968 | Electroencephalogram | - An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface. These waves are measured by electrodes placed on the scalp. * Magnified waves that measure the brains electrical activity |  | 1 |
| 5247852607 | CT (Computed Tomography) Scan | - A series of X-ray photographs taken from different angels and combined by computer into composite representation of a slice through the body * an X-ray that shows only half a body sliced through the middle |  | 2 |
| 5247858003 | PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan | - A visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task. * Determines how the brain processes information. |  | 3 |
| 5247863829 | MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Scan | - A technique that uses magnetic field and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue. MRI scans show brain anatomy. * Shows the brain in detail |  | 4 |
| 5247871234 | fMRI (functional MRI) | - A technique for revealing blood-flow and therefore brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans . fMRI scans show brain function. * Shows how each part of the brain works |  | 5 |
| 5247872909 | Brainstem | -The oldest part and central core of the brain beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull; the brainstem is responsible for automatic survival functions. * In charge of reflexes |  | 6 |
| 5247874995 | Medulla | - The base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing. |  | 7 |
| 5247880210 | Reticular Formation | - A nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousal. |  | 8 |
| 5247889213 | Thalamus | - The brain sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and Medulla * interprets messages and transmits replies |  | 9 |
| 5247889214 | Cerebellum | - The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance. |  | 10 |
| 5247896007 | Limbic System | - Doughnut-shaped neural system (including the hippo campus amygdala and hypothalamus) located below the cerebral hemispheres associated with emotions and drives. *Controls emotion and commands |  | 11 |
| 5247900865 | Amygdala | - Two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system * Controls Emotions |  | 12 |
| 5247904667 | Hypothalamus | - A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several maintenance activities helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland and is linked to emotion and reward. *Directs eating, drinking, body temperature and is linked to emotion and reward; helps the endocrine system through the pituitary gland. |  | 13 |
| 5247904668 | Cerebral Cortex | - The intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body's ultimate control and information processing center. * The outside membrane protecting the brain. |  | 14 |
| 5247907640 | Glial Cells | - Cells in the nervous system that support nourish and protect neurons. |  | 15 |
| 5247910332 | Frontal Lobes | - Portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the four head involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments |  | 16 |
| 5247913734 | Parietal Lobes | - Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear receives sensory input for touch and body position |  | 17 |
| 5247918149 | Occipital Lobes | - Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head includes areas that receive information from the visual fields |  | 18 |
| 5247920503 | Temporal Lobes | - Portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears includes the auditory areas each receiving information primarily from the opposite ear |  | 19 |
| 5247922141 | Motor Cortex | - An area at the rear of the frontal lobe that controls voluntary movements |  | 20 |
| 5247922142 | Sensory Cortex | - Area at the front of the parental lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations |  | 21 |
| 5247925240 | Association Areas | - Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions; rather, they are involved in higher mental functions such as learning remembering thinking and speaking |  | 22 |
| 5247925241 | Aphasia | - Impairment of language usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area ( impairing speaking) or Wernicke's area ( impairing understanding) |  | 23 |
| 5247928869 | Broca's Area | - Controls language expression in area usually in the left frontal lobe that directs the muscle movement involved in speech | | 24 |
| 5247930878 | Wernicke's Area | - Controls language reception of brain area involved in language comprehension and expression usually in the left temporal lobe. | | 25 |
| 5247933142 | Plasticity | - The brains ability to change (especially during childhood) by recognizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience |  | 26 |
| 5247935872 | Neurogenesis | - The formation of new neurons. |  | 27 |
| 5247939806 | Corpus Callosum | - The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and caring messages between them. |  | 28 |
| 5247941888 | Split Brain | - A condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brains to hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them * surgically cutting the brain in two half's; right down the middle |  | 29 |
| 5247944009 | Consciousness | - Our awareness of ourselves and our environment |  | 30 |
| 5247946151 | Cognitive Neuroscience | - The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception thinking memory and language) * the study of how the brain acts or process knowledge and understanding through thought. |  | 31 |
| 5247958528 | Dual Processing | - The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks | 32 |
