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amygdala: influences aggression and fear; fight-or-flight response; important for forming sensory memory
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basil ganglia: links the thalamus with the motor cortex and other motor areas; involved in reward/punishment learning and focus; some nuclei involved in emotion
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Broca's area: area in left frontal lobe that controls production of speech
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cerebellum: coordinates motor function integrating motion and positional info from the inner ear and muscles
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cerebral cortex: receives and processes sensory info and directs movement; center for higher order processes such as thinking, planning, and judgment
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frontal lobes: motor cortex strip in front of somatosensory cortex initiates movements and integrates activities of skeletal muscles; contralateral; interpret and control emotional behaviors, make decisions, carry out plans
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hippocampus: enables formation of new long-term memories
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hypothalamus: controls autonomic functions such as body temp and heart rate via control of sympathetic and parasympathetic centers in the medulla; sets appetite drives, behaviors, emotional states with the limbic system; maintains bio rhythms
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medulla: where most fibers cross, resulting in contralateral control; regulates heart rhythm, blood flow, breathing rate, digestion, and vomiting
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occipital lobes: info from left half of visual field of both eyes is processed in right lobe and vice versa
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parietal lobes: somatosensory cortex is front strip; contralateral representation of all body parts
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pons: includes portion of reticular formation critical for arousal; bridge between cerebral hemispheres and both medulla and cerebellum
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temporal lobes: center for hearing; right lobe important for understanding music/tonality; sound from both ears processed mostly contralaterally; smell processed near front
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thalamus: relay "station" for sensory pathways carrying visual, auditory, taste, somatosensory info to/from appropriate areas of cerebral cortex
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Wernicke's area: area in left temporal lobe that plays role in understanding language and making meaningful sentences