The Brain
Acts as coordinating centre of nervous system; enclosed within skull
Brain
Carries sensory nerve messages from receptors to brain; located inside the backbone/spine
Spinal Cord
Largest portion of brain; surface is the cerebral cortex; coordinating centre for motor actions, speech, reasoning, memory, personality
Cerebrum
Voluntary muscles; personality; memory
Frontal Lobe
Located immediately beneath the 2 cerebral hemispheres; largest section of the hindbrain; controls limb movements, balance, and muscle tone
Cerebellum
Contains the largest portion of the brain; has two distinct hemispheres linked by the corpus callosum (communication bridge); reason, intellect, memory, language, personality
Forebrain
Nerve tracts which connect spinal cord with brain
Interneurons
Interprets and coordinates sensory information; relay station
Thalamus
Vision
Posterior region of hindbrain; acts as a connection between PNS and CNS; coordinating centre for ANS (breathing rate, heart rate)
Medulla Oblongata
Found behind midbrain and joins with spinal cord; balance, muscle control, autonomic control
Hindbrain
DAILY DOUBLE
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Unmyelinated motor neurons
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Myelinated interneurons; protected by glial cells
Central Grey Matter; Outer White Matter
Detect smell
Olfactory Bulbs
Interprets sensory information; hearing, smell, vision
Temporal Lobe
Relay station that passes information between the 2 regions of the cerebellum and between the cerebellum and the medulla
Pons
Relay centre for eye and ear; less developed than forebrain; consists of 4 spheres of grey matter
Midbrain
Fluid found in the inner and middle layer of meninges of brain and through the central canal of spinal cord
Cerebrospinal Fluid
DAILY DOUBLE (2 answers)
Unite nervous and endocrine systems; autonomic functions
Hypothalamus; Pituitary Gland
Touch, pain, taste, temperature of external stimuli; emotions; interpreting speech
Parietal Lobe
DAILY DOUBLES
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Symptoms and/or causes of Alzheimer's disease; abnormalities in the brains of Alzheimer's patients
Plaques; Tangles
DAILY DOUBLE
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Protective membranes which surround the brain; 3 of them
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Caused by a bacterial or viral infection of outer membranes of the brain
Meninges; Meningitis
Opening through which the spinal cord emerges from the skull
Foramen Magnum
Found near hearing centre of brain; associated with memory
Amygdala
Influences autonomic nervous system and endocrine system; interconnected with brain's pleasure centre, emotions, memory, healthy conscious state of mind
Limbic System
DAILY DOUBLE - Theme: Left Hemisphere
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Production of language
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Processing of spoken words
Broca's area; Wernicke's Area