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Brain Structures
Cerebral Areas
Cerebral Areas II
Miscellaneous
100
Collections of nerve cells and neuroglia
What is gray matter?
100
Formed by the medulla, pons, and midbrain
What is the brainstem?
100
Interprets taste.
What is the taste area?
100
Interprets the basic visual information such as shape and color.
What is the visual cortex?
100
Cushions and protects the brain, and provides some nutrition?
What is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
200
Bundles of parallel axons and their sheaths
What is white matter?
200
These are the "hills" and "valleys" in the brain.
What is the gyri and sulci?
200
Recognizes the meaning of visual information by putting it into context with past experiences.
What is the visual association area?
200
Receives and localizes general sensations from the entire body.
What is the primary somatic sensory area?
200
These produce cerebrospinal fluid.
What are ventricles in the brain?
300
Functions necessary for life on a short-term basis.
What are vital functions?
300
Deals with subconscious motor functions.
What is the cerebellum?
300
Site of motivation and foresight; regulates mood and emotion and at one time in history was cut out of patients.
What is the prefrontal area?
300
Interprets the meaning of sound by placing it into context with past experiences.
What is the auditory association area?
300
Allows your muscles to react more quickly than they would if the brain were to make all the decisions regarding working the muscles.
What is a reflex arc?
400
A crossing over.
What is decussation?
400
Controls temperature and the pituitary gland.
What is the hypothalamus?
400
Works out the sequence of signals needed for complex motion.
What is the premotor area?
400
Controls skeletal muscle movements.
What is the primary motor cortex?
400
These allow the brain to control skeletal muscles that are also being controlled by a reflex arc. (2 things)
What are association neurons and converging circuits.
500
Connections of nerve fibers which allow the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other.
What are commissures?
500
Formed by the thalamus and hypothalamus.
What is the diencephalon?
500
Initiates the muscle movement for speech.
What is Broca's area?
500
Deals with the comprehension of speech.
What is Wernicke's area?
500
These are the two main types of strokes.
What are ischemic and hemorrhagic?