Neuroscience: Brain Structures, Functions, and Neural Communication

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Frontal Lobe

Decision making, Movement

<p>Decision making, Movement</p>
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Broca's Area

BABBLE, Speech Production, In Frontal Lobe

<p>BABBLE, Speech Production, In Frontal Lobe</p>
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Temporal Lobe

Hearing (audition)

<p>Hearing (audition)</p>
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Wernicke's Area

Speech Understanding, In the Temporal Lobe

<p>Speech Understanding, In the Temporal Lobe</p>
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Occipital Lobe

Vision

<p>Vision</p>
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Sensory Cortex

Incoming Sensory

<p>Incoming Sensory</p>
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Parietal Lobe

Touch and Body Position

<p>Touch and Body Position</p>
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Hippocampus

Memory

<p>Memory</p>
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Corpus Callosum

Connects right and left hemispheres

<p>Connects right and left hemispheres</p>
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Amgydala

Emotions, Fear and anger

<p>Emotions, Fear and anger</p>
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Hypothalamus

Master of the Master Gland

<p>Master of the Master Gland</p>
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Pituitary Gland

Master Gland

<p>Master Gland</p>
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Pons

Coordinating movements and sleep

<p>Coordinating movements and sleep</p>
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Medulla Oblongata

Heartbeat and breathing

<p>Heartbeat and breathing</p>
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Reticalar Formation

Controls Arousal, Line between Medulla

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Cerebellum

Balance and Coordination, tiny brain in back of brain

<p>Balance and Coordination, tiny brain in back of brain</p>
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Thalmus

Sensory and relay station

<p>Sensory and relay station</p>
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Dentrites W Reciever Sites

Branch-like, receives incoming neurotransmitters

<p>Branch-like, receives incoming neurotransmitters</p>
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Soma

Cell Body

<p>Cell Body</p>
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Myelin Sheath

Fatty substance, protects and covers axon

<p>Fatty substance, protects and covers axon</p>
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Axon

Tube-like, Sends messages

<p>Tube-like, Sends messages</p>
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Nodes of Rainer

Gaps between Axons and Myelin

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Axon Terminals

End of Axons, Knobs holding neurotransmitters

<p>End of Axons, Knobs holding neurotransmitters</p>
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Neurotransmitters

Chemical messagers of nervous system

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Synape

Gap between Neurons