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Name all of the lobes of the brain
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Superior: Frontal, parietal, occiptalSide: Temporal
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What does the frontal lobe do?
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Performs higher mental functions such as planning, deciding, and perceiving.Affects personality/temperament. Phineas Gage is a prime example of this.Motor cortex lies at the back of the frontal lobe.
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What does the parietal lobe do?
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Specializes in sensations such as warmth, smoothness, pressure, etc. Keeps track of body part location Right side esp keeps track of spacial location.Left side esp locates sources of speech sounds & helps extract meaning from reading/writing. Contains somatosensory cortex at front & angular gyrus at lower rear.
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What does the occipital lobe do?
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Receives stimulation from eyes Contains visual cortex at rear Constructs moving picture of outside world by sending input to specific areas specialized for color, movement, shape, shading, facial recognition, etc.
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What does the temporal lobe do?
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Registers sound. Processes speech.Stores long term memories. Contains auditory cortex at superior part.
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Name all of the cortexes.
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Superior: Motor cortex, somatosensory (sensory) cortex, visual cortexSide: Auditory cortex
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What does the motor cortex do?
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Controls body's movements by sending messages via motor nerves to voluntary muscles.Right controls left side of body and vice versa. Contains upside down map of body called a homounculus.
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What does the somatosensory (sensory) cortex do?
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Primary processing area for sensations of touch, temperature, pain, & pressure all over the body. Relates sensory information to mental map of the body so you know the source of the sensations.
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What does the visual cortex do?
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Recieves info from optic nerves. (Right nerve to left side and vice versa) Maps spacial info in vision.Good at recognizing patterns.
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What does the auditory cortex do?
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Helps you make sense of sounds.Left side processes speech.
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Name the layers of the brain
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Brain stem, limbic system, & cerebral cortex
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What does the angular gyrus do?
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Involved in processing visual & auditory info & comprehending language.
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Name the main parts of the limbic system
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Amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, thalamus
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What does the amygdala do?
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Amygdala = "almond" in Greek. Involved in memory & emotion, especially fear and agression.
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What does the hippocampus do?
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Hippocampus = seahorse in Greek. Two on each side of brainConects present with past and memorizes location of things in space.
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