Parts of the Brain
What part of the brain is responsible for agression and fear?
Amygdala
Which side of the brain is associated with creativity and imagination?
Right Hemisphere
What is the intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body’s ultimate control and information-processing center
Cerebral cortex
What are neuron?
Nerve cells the basic building building blocks of the nervous system
What structures does the forebrain include?
Cortex, corpus callosum, and subcortical
What part of the brain regulates emotions, motor functions, planning, and higher reasoning
Frontal lobe
Which side of the brain is associated with logic and systematic thinking
Left Hemisphere
What is an area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations?
Somatosensory Cortex
How do neurons transmit messages and how is it defined?
Dentrities fibers receive and integrate info sending it toward the cell body
What is the midbrain?
visual and auditory processing and its connections to reflexes
What is the primary Auditory (hearing) cortex?
Temporal Lobe
What connects the right and left hemishpere?
Corpus Callosum
What is an area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements?
Motor cortex
What are neurotransmitters?
chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons. When released by the sending neuron, neurotransmitters travel across the synapse and bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron, thereby influencing whether that neuron will generate a neural impulse.
Hindbrain structures?
Medulla oblingata, pons, reticular formation, and cerebellum