AP Psychology Brain Structures Flashcards
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| 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 |