The Limbic System
This structure is involved in controlling the emotions of fear and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
This important structure controls breathing and heartbeat.
What is the medulla?
This cortex receives and interprets sensory nerve impulses from the eyes.
What is the visual cortex?
Thinking, grey matter in humans
What is cerebral cortex
This area is associated with language comprehension.
What is Wernicke's area?
This structure is involved in learning and memory.
What is the hippocampus?
This short, bridgelike structure controls certain respiratory functions and facial expression
What is the pons?
The temporal lobe is most closely related to this cortex.
What is the auditory cortex?
This "master" gland produces hormone responses that influence the secretions of all other endocrine glands.
What is the pituitary?
This area helps in the functioning of speech production.
What is Broca's area?
This band helps to process the sense of smell.
What is the olfactory bulb?
Fill in blank: Hindbrain, _______________ (we didn't spend time on this), Forebrain
What is the midbrain?
This cortex controls thoughts, speech, and voluntary movement.
What is the motor cortex?
This structure/system processes information about touch, including muscles, joint position, pain, and temperature.
What is the sensory strip/somatosensory system?
These are the two main branches of the nervous system.
What are the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system?
This structure of the limbic system monitors the blood to determine the condition of the body like body temp and hormones
What is the hypothalamus?
Located at the back of the brainstem, this helps the body in balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This cortical area specializes in receiving information from the skin senses and movement of body parts.
What is the sensory cortex?
This bridge of nerve fibers connects the cerebral hemispheres and relays sensory information between them.
What is the corpus callosum?
This area of the language cortex controls the ability to read aloud.
What is the angular gyrus?
This structure, which processes all senses except for smell, is located between the cerebral cortex and the midbrain.
What is the thalamus?
Regulates the brain's level of awareness; Destruction causes coma
What is the reticular activating system?
These four lobes together make up the cerebral cortex.
What are the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes?
These are the three divisions of the brain.
What are the midbrain, forebrain, and hindbrain?
____________________ is to Opiates and _________________________ is to cocaine
Endorphins; Dopamine