Wild Card
The ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections
What is neuroplasticity
This part of the brain controls the heartbeat and breathing
What is the Medulla?
Below the thalamus, above the brain stem
What is Hypothalmus
This lobe processes auditory information, and stores many declarative memories
Temporal lobe
Damage to this area disrupts language production
What is Broca's Area
This part of the brain is shaped like an almond
What is the Amygdala
This cortex controls skeletal muscle contraction
What is the motor cortex?
Lower half of the brain stem (located right behind the ears)
What is Medulla
This part of the brain plays a critical role in emotions
What is the amygdala
Damage disrupts language understanding
What is Wernicke's Area
The gap between neurons (where they "communicate")
What is a synapse?
This part of the brain receives sensory signals and sends them to the associated area.
What is the Thalamus?
These two strips of cortex lie adjacent to one another, in the frontal lobe and parietal lobe respectively
Motor cortex and sensory cortex
It controls hunger, thirst, body temperature, sexual motivation, and the endocrine system
What is Hypothalamus
Damage to this part of the brain is related in difficulties in forming new memories.
What is the Hippocampus
The process of a neuron firing (broad label)
What is an action potential
Also known as the 'Information highway' of the nervous system, this governs many reflexes and automatic responses to stimuli
What is the Spinal Cord
In the brain stem; links thalamus and medulla
What is Pons
This lobe integrates information from the sensory and motor cortices, and from the parietal and temporal association cortices
What is the Frontal lobe
Damage to the bottom (inferior) part of this lobe can result in prosopagnosia or 'face blindness'.
What is the temporal lobe
This is a cartoon man with a disproportionately large face and hands, representing large motor and sensory cortical areas devoted to the face and hands.
What is the Homunculus ("little man")
This brain structure facilitates communication between the cerebral hemispheres
What is the Corpus Callosum?
There are two on each side of the brain located in the medial temporal lobe. DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What are hippocampi
This lobe processes depth in your visual field
What is the occipital lobe
Damage to the right side of this lobe can result in left hemilateral neglect where patients ignore their left spatial fields
What is the parietal lobe