Lesson 8 - The Nervous System

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Brain Stem - handles automatic life support functions

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Midbrain - Relays motor output from cerebral cortex to pons and sends sensory input from spinal cord to thalamus.

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Pons - Relays information from medulla oblongata to midbrain, relays impulses from left side of the cerebellum to the right side

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Medulla Oblongata - Relays sensory input and motor output between brain and spinal cord, regulates heartbeat, blood vessel diameter, and breathing

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Cerebrum

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Primary Somatosensory Area

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Somatosensory Association Area

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Gnostic Area

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Visual Association Area

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Primary Visual Area

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Auditory Association (Wernicke’s) Area

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Primary Motor Area

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Premotor Area

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Frontal Eye Field Area

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Primary Gustatory Area

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Motor Speech (Broca’s) Area

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Primary Auditory Area

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Cerebellum - compares intended to actual movements using visual feedback (training), coordinates complex movements, regulates posture and balance

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Pituitary Gland - “master gland,” controls growth, metabolism, reproduction, and the activity of other hormone-producing glands

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Diencephalon - Primary relay station and homeostatic controller

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Thalamus - Relays sensory information to cerebral cortex and helps to plan and control movements

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Hypothalamus - Controls everything important like ANA and pituitary gland, emotion/behaviors, temperature, eating/drinking, sleep, ADH, and oxytocin

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Pineal Gland (Part of Epithalamus) - Releases melatonin and regulates sleep/wake cycle

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Gyrus - folds that increase surface area of the brain

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Sulcus - shallow grooves

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Fissure - deep groves

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Longitudinal Fissure - creates left and right hemispheres

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Central Sulcus - separates frontal and parietal lobe

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Frontal lobe (green) - thinking/planning, movement, personality, speech production (broca’s area)

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Parietal lobe (yellow) - body sensations like touch/temperature/pain, spatial awareness, language/perception

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Occipital lobe (red) - vision, image interpretation

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Temporal lobe (blue) - hearing/language (wernicke’s area), memory

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