Brain Structures
The center responsible for breathing, blood pressure, and beating of the heart
What is the medulla?
Regulates higher cognitive and emotional functions
What is the cerebrum?
Portion of the hindbrain that connects the cerebral cortex with the medulla oblongata
What is the pons?
Lacking this neurotransmitter is associated with Alzheimers
What is acetylcholine?
An intricate and beautifully complex psychological philosophy that dictates: to have no worries for the rest of your days; a problem free philosophy
What is Hakuna Matata?
(If you didn't get this be ashamed)
Channels incoming sensory information to the right part of the cerebral cortex for processing
What is the thalamus?
The part of the brain responsible for a spoken language
What is Brocas region?
TRIPLE GAMBLE
Name at least 4 of the cortexes in the brain
(Cerebral not included)
Motor
Auditory
Association
Visual
Somatosensory
Lacking this neurotransmitter is associated with Parkinsons. Overabundance is associated with schizophrenia.
What is dopamine?
Controls posture and maintains equilibrium
What is the cerebellum?
The part of the brain responsible for the comprehension of language
What is Wernicke's area?
The central trunk of the mammalian brain, consisting of the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain, and continuing downward to form the spinal cord
What is the brain stem?
Lacking this neurotransmitter is associated with clinical depression
What is serotonin?
The four lobes of the brain
What is the parietal, occipital, temporal, and frontal lobe?
A diffuse network of nerve pathways in the brainstem connecting the spinal cord, cerebrum, and cerebellum, and mediating the overall level of consciousness
What is the reticular formation?
A term that means hindbrain
What is rhombencephalon?
This neurotransmitter is linked to addictions, stimulates pain control
What are endorphins?
The limbic system is compromised of these:
What is the hippocampus, hypothalamus, and amygdala?
Thick band of neural fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
Omar's favorite color
What is green?
GABA stands for this
What is Gamma-amino butyric acid?