Flashcards: BASIC BRAIN ANATOMY 1st of 4

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Flashcards: BASIC BRAIN ANATOMY 1st of 4

Keeps the person alive. Breathing, heart, coughing, vomiting...
Brain stem
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Keeps the person alive. Breathing, heart, coughing, vomiting... Brain stem
Coordination, posture, motor memory, movement, rote learning Cerebellum
Sends signals around the brain. Essential in focusing attention Thalamus
Controls body temperature, appetite and signalling hormones. Hormones are the body's "messengers." Hypothalamus
Releases melatonin - the sleep hormone Pineal Gland
Connects the left & right hemispheres. Corpus Callosum
Makes new memories and direction-finding Hippocampus
Basic emotion centre. Freeze, Fight or Flight Amygdala
White matter. Billions of insulated neurons that 'wire' up the brain Cerebrum
Billions of cell bodies and dendrites for thinking Cortex

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