Cerebrum
The structure connecting the left and right hemisphere
What is the Corpus Callosum?
The type of matter (grey or white) in the arbor vitae?
What is white?
One of the three major structures in the Diencephalon
What is either the epithalamus, thalamus or hypothalamus?
The process by which the brain learns to ignore repetitive, meaningless stimuli
What is habituation?
What is myelinated axons?
What are the insular and limbic lobes?
The name of the folds of the cerebellar cortex?
The gland that secretes melatonin
What is the pineal gland?
The result of inactivation of the RAS
What is sleep?
The two divisions of the nervous system and their function
What is Central NS (processes info) and Peripheral NS (transmits info)?
The sensory area in the insula
The three regions of the cerebellar hemispheres
What are the cerebellar cortex, arbor vitae and cerebellar nuclei?
The sense not processed through the Thalamus
What is olfaction?
The three structures in the brainstem from superior to inferior
What is midbrain -> pons -> medulla oblongata?
Functional clusters of neuronal cell bodies within white matter
Two of the three cerebellum functions
Finetunes skeletal movements, stores memories or maintains balance and posturee
The portion of the nervous system controlled by the hypothalamus
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The structure that coordinates movement in response to auditory stimuli
What is the inferior colliculi?
The structure that produces CSF
What is lateralization?
What is continuously receives input from sensory/motor pathways and generates error-correcting signals?
The organ system controlled by the hypothalamus
What is the endocrine system?
The neurotransmitter produced in the substantia nigra
What is dopamine?
Three of the four types of receptors used by the primary somatosensory cortex
What is proprioceptors, touch & pressure receptors, pain receptors (nociceptors) and thermoreceptors?