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3163979708Forebrainresponsible for thinking, processing. perceiving. producing, and understanding0
3163987888MidbrainSmall central part of brain associated with vision, hearing, motor control, arousal, and temperature control1
3163995509HindbrainFirst and most basic, basic functions2
3163999668MedullaBase of hind brain, automatically control heartbeat and breathing3
3164004023Ponscoordinates messages from lower brain to upper brain, bundles messages to execute commands, may play role in dreaming, paralyzes body during sleep by turning off info coming down from higher brain4
3164013546Reticular Formationnerve network that travels through the brain stem into the thalamus, maintains consciousness and levels of arousal5
3164019761Locus Coeruleusnucleus of pons, involved in physiological response to stress and panic6
3164023316Cerebellum"little Brain" process sensory input, coordinates movement output and balance, enables nonverbal learning and memory (muscle control)7
3164033322Substantia nigraSmall structure in the mid brain that is associated with motor control, eye movement, and emotion8
3164038503Basil GangliaGroup of nuclei that act as a cohesive functional unit, take part in voluntary motor control, procedural learning, eye movement, and cognitive emotional functions9
3164046093CerebrumComplex Sensory and neural function and initiation and coordination of voluntary activity in body10
3164055097Left HemisphereControl right side of the body, logical brain, words, login, number, language, analysis11
3164061955Cerebral CortexOuter layer of the cerebrum, folded gray matter, role i consciousness12
3164066311HippocampusProcessing short term and long term memories: declarative, episodic, and spatial13
3164100895Amygdalaprocessing of emotional reaction to stimuli: fear, PSTD14
3164107627HypothalamusControls maintenance functions such as eating, helps govern endocrine system, linked to emotion and reward15
3164111859Pituitary Glandmaster gland for endocrine system, controls growth and reward16
3164115051Thalamusserves and control center- send lower signals to correct sectors of higher cerebral cortex for processing17
3164119494Corpus Callosuminformation super highway between left and right hemisphere, can be cut to alleviate seizures split brain18
3164125572StriatumPart of basil ganglia, facilitates voluntary movement19
3164130407Frontal Lobeprefrontal cortex, executive functions, decision making, problem, solving, goal oriented behavior20
3164140974Motor Cortexexecutive muscle movements, different parts are devoted to different aspects21
3164143715Brocas AreaMotor speech area, coordinates with motor cortex to create speech, can understand but cannot vocalzie22
3164151754Parietal Lobecontrols sensory process, contains sensory cortex23
3164155414Sensory CortexProcess stimuli from skin and tongue (touch heat cold pain taste)24
3164160068Occipital Lobeprimary visual cortex, vision, role in recognizing patterns25
3164169671Visual Cortexvision and patters26
3164163029Temporal LobeControls hearing and contains auditory cortex27
3164171897Auditory Cortexreceives information from ears and is responsible for hearing28
3164177062Wernickes Areacomprehension of language, cannot make sense of language, trouble with creating meaningful language29

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