David G. Myers Textbook
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| 756101270 | Hindbrain | oldest part; cerebellum, medulla, ras, pons, thalamus | |
| 756101271 | Cerebellum | controls muscle tone and balance | |
| 756101272 | Medulla | Involuntary actions; (breathing, digestion, heart rate, and swallowing); basic life functions | |
| 756101273 | Reticular Activating System RAS | controls arousal (wakefulness and alertness) | |
| 756101274 | Pons | passes neural information from one brain region to another. "bridge" | |
| 756101275 | Thalamus | relays sensory information; receives and directs sensory info from visual and auditory systems | |
| 756101276 | Tectum | brains roof; visual/auditory reflexes | |
| 756101277 | Tegmentum | Brains floor; visual/auditory reflexes | |
| 756101278 | Limbic System | emotional center of brain | |
| 756101279 | Forebrain | limbic system; hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus | |
| 756101280 | Hippocampus | involved in processing and integrating memories. damage prevents formation of new memories (amnesia) | |
| 756101281 | Amygdala | expression of anger and frustration | |
| 756101282 | Hypothalamus | controls temp, hunger, sex drives, sympathetic nervous system, and endocrine system | |
| 756101283 | Cerebral Cortex | wrinkled outer layer of brain; controls higher cognitive functions (thinking, planning, language use, fine motor control) | |
| 756101284 | Corpus Callosum | band of connective nerve fibers that connect the two hemispheres | |
| 756101285 | Frontal Lobe | higher level thought and reasoning; memory, paying attention, solving problems, making plans, forming judgements, and performing movements | |
| 756101286 | Parietal Lobe | somatosensory information; receives info about temp, pressure, texture, and pain | |
| 756101287 | Temporal Lobe | auditory input | |
| 756101288 | Occipital Lobe | visual input | |
| 756101289 | Apraxia | organize movement | |
| 756101290 | Agnosia | processing sensory input | |
| 756101291 | Alexia | inability to read | |
| 756101292 | Myelin Sheath | fatty coating surrounding the axon; insulation and speeds up process | |
| 756101293 | Neurotransmitters | chemical messengers | |
| 756101294 | Acetylcholine | memory functions, muscle contraction | |
| 756101295 | Serotonin | arousal, sleep, pain sensitivity, mood and hunger regulation | |
| 756101296 | Dopamine | movement, attention, and reward | |
| 756101297 | Gamma Aminobutyric Acid | inhibitory neurotransmitter (stops cell firing) | |
| 756101298 | Norepinephrine | alertness; lack can lead to depression | |
| 756101299 | Endorphins | natural painkiller | |
| 756101300 | Glutamate | Excitatory Neurotransmitter (causes cell to fire) | |
| 756101301 | Pituitary Gland | releases hormones; master gland | |
| 756101302 | Hormones | cell growth and proliferation | |
| 756101303 | Left Hemisphere | language processing | |
| 756101304 | Right Hemisphere | visual and spatial information | |
| 756101305 | Midbrain | visual and auditory reflexes; tectum and tegmentum | |
| 756101306 | Association Areas | responsible for associating information in the sensory and motor cortices | |
| 756101307 | Cat Scan | cross sectional images of the brain using a series of xray pictures taken from different angles | |
| 756101308 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | uses powerful electromagnets and radio waves to get 3D structural information from brain | |
| 756101309 | PET Scan | provide images via diffusion of radioactive glucose in a given brain area | |
| 756101310 | fMRI | rapid sequencing of MRI images | |
| 756101311 | EEG | measures subtle changes in brain electrical activity through electrodes placed on the head | |
| 756101312 | Broca's Area | controls muscles of speech | |
| 756101313 | Wernicke's Area | understanding speech |
