Unit 2B: More Biology
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limbic system
Controls emotions, thinking, learning, and drives. Contains the hippocampus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and the pituitary gland.
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motor cortex
Voluntary movement, in the frontal lobe.
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parietal lobe
Touch sensitivity + controls association areas which organize information.
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somatosensory cortex
Touch sensitivity.
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aphasia
Impairment of language caused by damage in the left hemisphere.
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association areas
Areas of cerebral cortex not involved with movement or senses, makes up largest portion of cortex involved in learning, memory, thinking, and speaking.
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Broca's area
Area of the left hemisphere in the motor cortex involved in movements needed for speech.
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Wernicke's area
Area of left hemisphere in the temporal cortex involved in language comprehension.
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plasticity
The brain's ability to change, reorganize, or grow neural networks.
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cerebral cortex
The ultimate control and info processing center, contains the lobes.
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corpus callosum
Allows 2 sides of the brain to communicate.
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pituitary gland
Controlled by hypothalamus, regulates growth and releases hormones.
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hippocampus
Memories are formed here.
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brainstem
Connects spinal cord and brain, responsible for automatic survival functions, oldest part of the brain.
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medulla
Control heart rate and breathing, at the bottom of the brainstem.
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reticular activating system
Network of neurons in the brainstem that regulates arousal, sleep and wakefulness.
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cerebellum
The 'little brain' responsible for balance and movement.
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left vs. right hemisphere function
Left: language, Right: perception of spatial relationships.
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thalamus
Directs information throughout the brain.
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NREM 1 Sleep characteristics
Light sleep, theta waves, jerks, and feeling of falling.
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NREM 2 Sleep characteristics
Fully asleep, theta waves, sleep spindles.
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NREM 3 Sleep characteristics
Deep sleep, delta waves, night terrors and somnambulism.
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Alpha Waves
Active during relaxation.
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Beta Waves
Active during normal wakefulness.
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Theta Waves
Active during light sleep in NREM 1 and 2.
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Sleep Spindles
Rapid bursts of neural activity in NREM 2.
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Delta Waves
Active during deep sleep in NREM 3.
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REM Sleep
Paradoxical sleep, where the brain is active but body is paralyzed.
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REM Rebound
When people enter directly into REM sleep after being deprived of it.
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Night Terrors
Overactive sympathetic nervous activity (screaming and flailing).
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Somnambulism
When people walk or do weird activities while asleep.
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Insomnia
Unable to fall asleep.
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Narcolepsy
Uncontrollable 'sleep attacks.'
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Sleep Apnea
When breathing stops during sleep.
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