Ch7 set2 the Brain & CNS
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mr_nguyen on March 8, 2009
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important brain structures and their function
Classes:
DLVE-SLP Speech Praxis Study Group, FTCC BIO 168 Anatomy & Physiology I, MSHS ANATOMY
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Frontal Lobe | motor area, vocalization, reasoning, comprehension |
| Parietal Lobe | somatic sensory; recognizes pain, coldness, touch |
| Occipital Lobe | visual |
| Temporal Lobe | auditory, olfactory, complex memories |
| Medulla Oblongota | regulates visceral activity |
| Thalamus | relay station for sensory impulses |
| Hypothalamus | maintains homeostasis; limbic system (drive and emotion) |
| Corpus Callosum | bridge between different regions |
| Pons | controls breathing |
| Pituitary Gland | hormone production |
| Cerebellum | allows smooth movement; controls balance and equilibrium |
| homunculus | distorted image of the human body that shows how much of the brain is devoted to each part |
| gray matter | location of cell bodies |
| cerebral white matter | fiber tracts |
| protection for CNS | bone, membrane, watery cushion, blood brain barrier |
| meninges | dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater |
| subarachnoid space | area of brain filled with cerebrospinal fluid |
| cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) | formed by choroid plexus; cushions and protects nervous tissue |
| blood brain barrier | separates neurons from blood borne substances to maintain constant internal environment |
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