7430943164 | Frontal Lobe | speaking, planning, organizing, and problem solving | ![]() | 0 |
7430943165 | Motor Cortex | controls voluntary movements | ![]() | 1 |
7430943166 | Broca's Area | Grammar and pronunciation | ![]() | 2 |
7430943167 | Parietal Lobe | Sensory for touch and body position | ![]() | 3 |
7430943168 | Sensory Cortex | processes body touch and movement sensations | ![]() | 4 |
7430943169 | Temporal Lobe | auditory processing and hearing | ![]() | 5 |
7430943170 | Auditory Cortex Function | Processes auditory information | ![]() | 6 |
7430943171 | Wenicke's Area Function | Where spoken language is understood | ![]() | 7 |
7430943172 | Occipital Lobe | Visual cortex | ![]() | 8 |
7430943173 | Visual Cortex Function | Receives visual input from retina | ![]() | 9 |
7430943174 | Corpus Callosum | Communicates between the two hemispheres | ![]() | 10 |
7430943175 | Hippocampus | long term memory | ![]() | 11 |
7430943176 | Amygdala | Emotions: fear and anger | ![]() | 12 |
7430943177 | Hypothalamus | hunger, thirst, temperature (human thermostat) | ![]() | 13 |
7430943178 | Pituitary Gland | 2 pea like structures that produce growth hormones | ![]() | 14 |
7430943179 | Thalamus | Sensory switch board, senses go through here (except smell) | ![]() | 15 |
7430943180 | Cerebellum | Also known as little brain, coordination, memory, and balance | ![]() | 16 |
7430943181 | Reticular Formation | alertness and arousal | ![]() | 17 |
7430943182 | Medulla | Regulates breathing and heart rate | ![]() | 18 |
7430943183 | Brain Stem | regulates vital functions | ![]() | 19 |
7430943184 | Pons | Sleep and dream function | ![]() | 20 |
7430943185 | Cerebral Cortex | The part of the brain where information processing takes place. Divided into four lobes. | ![]() | 21 |
7431000944 | EEG (electroencephalogram) | Monitors electrical activity in the brain | ![]() | 22 |
7431008833 | positron emission tomography (PET) scan | Images show blood flow and myocardial function following uptake of radioactive glucose. | ![]() | 23 |
7431008834 | Computerized Axial Tomography (CT Scan) | x-ray of the brain | ![]() | 24 |
7431010716 | magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | Uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images that distinguish among different types of brain tissue. | ![]() | 25 |
7431010717 | functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) | Takes images of your brain while performing a specific function | ![]() | 26 |
7431146393 | Lesioning | The removal or destruction of part of the brain. | 27 |
AP Psychology Brain Structures Flashcards
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