Unit 3 Vocab
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- lobe
- part of
- neuron
- individual cell in the NS that receives, integrates, and transmits info.
- dura
- very strong
- cortex
- covering, outside, edge covering something
- rostal
- face side of anatomy
- mater
- mother
- pituary gland
- "master gland"
- corpus callosum
- "body"; huge, thick body densely packed with neuron axons; connects the 2 hemispheres
- nerve
- a bundle of neuron axoms
- dorsal
- backside
- para
- alongside of; accompany
- inferior
- "lower one"
- cerebra
- part of brain
- hyper
- over, excess
- pons
- "bridge"; bridges informations from spinal cord to brain
- infundibulum
- what the pituary gland hangs from
- cerebellum
- "mini brain"; sits under hemispheres; center 4 balance and posture and spatial awareness
- fissure
- valley
- hypothalamus
- center from hunger, thrist, sex; regulates temperature, runs pituary gland
- cerebral cortex
- made up of 3 different coverings on the brain
- medulla oblongata
- "middle of something"; regulates heart rate and respiration
- ventrical cavity
- holds cerebral spinal fluid
- lateral
- side
- soma
- cell body
- reticular
- "netlike"
- axons
- long, thin fibers that transmit signals away from the neuron cell body to other neurons or to muscles and glands
- pineal gland
- sensitive to light
- thalamus
- cental relay station
- arachnoid mater
- "spider-like" mother
- ventral
- frontside
- hippo campos
- memory processing center of brain ("Sea Horse")
- amydgala
- emotions in brain; primitive urges such a fear
- superior
- "top one"
- hypo
- under, lack