brain quiz 1 pierce college
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- includes amygdala and hippocampus
- limbic system
- part of limbic system that controls memory
- hippocampus
- "master gland" in the brain that secretes hormones for menstruation
- pituitary gland
- controls sleep and wake cycles
- pineal gland
- brain's ability to adapt to changes. allows synapses to strengthen and reorganize forming new synapses
- plasticity
- medulla pons cerebellum
- hindbrain
- reticular formation substantia nigra
- midbrain
- limbic system thalamus hypothalamus cerebral cortex
- forebrain
- frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
- cerebral cortex
- controls heartbeat, blood pressure, swallowing, breathing
- medulla
- controls sleep, dreaming, breathing, communication between cerebellum and motor cortex
- pons
- controls muscle coordination, posture, and balance
- cerebellum
- controls sleep arousal, attention, contains 90 cell nuclei
- reticular formation
- has dopaminic secreting neurons nad controls unconscious motor action
- substantia nigra
- system that includes the amygdala and hippocampus
- limbic system
- part of a system that controls memory
- hippocampus
- part a system that controls fear, anger, memory of emotional events
- amygdala
- a relay station for sensory. receives input from sensory systems
- thalamus
- responsible for hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, blood pressure, body temperature, menstrual cycle
- hypothalamus
- lobe that controls speech, planning, memory search, motor control, reasoning, inhibits emotion also the motor cortex
- frontal lobe
- lobe for spatial location, attention, motor control, touch, temperature, pressure and pain
- parietal lobe
- lobe for perception and manipulation also the primary visual cortex
- occipital lobe
- lobe for visual memory, hearing and processing sounds, also the primary auditory cortex.
- temporal lobe
- hemisphere responsible for logic, math, language and speech
- left
- hemisphere responsible for spatial, emotion and creativity
- right
- special control area that helps produce language and speech.
- broca's area
- special control area that helps comprehend languages
- wernickes area
- brain's ability to adapt to changes and allows to form new synapses
- plasticity
- ductless glands that manufacture hormones and secrete it to the rest of the body
- endocrine system
- nerves that are under conscious control
- somatic nervous system
- nerves that operate without conscious control. it transmits via sympathetic and parasymptathetic. also known as the area of fight of flight
- autonomic
- brings back to resting state
- sympathetic
- prepares for fight or flight
- parasympathetic