Set: BASIC BRAIN ANATOMY 1st of 4

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Keeps the person alive. Breathing, heart, coughing, vomiting...Brain stem
Coordination, posture, motor memory, movement, rote learningCerebellum
Sends signals around the brain. Essential in focussing attentionThalamus
Controls body temperature, appetite and signalling hormones. Hormones are the body's "messengers."Hypothalamus
Releases melatonin – the sleep hormonePineal Gland
Connects the left & right hemispheres.Corpus Callosum
Makes new memories and direction-findingHippocampus
Basic emotion centre. Freeze, Fight or FlightAmygdala
White matter. Billions of insulated neurons that 'wire' up the brainCerebrum
Billions of cell bodies and dendrites for thinkingCortex

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Creator janecameron
Created July 29, 2009
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Subject grade5asw2009-10
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  1. White matter. Billions of insulated neurons that 'wire' up the brain Cerebrum - 3 misses
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