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Brain Anatomy Regions and their functions
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4 major regions Cerebral hemispheres Diencephalon Brain stem Cerebellum
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Cerebral Hemispheres Right and Left Superior part of brain Most of mass of the brain Shallow groove = sulcus Elevated area by grooove = gyrus
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Cerebral Cortex.125 inch thick… 40% of brain mass Motor areas Sensory areas Association areas Contralateral control
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Central sulcus Precentral gyrus = primary motor
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Primary Motor Cortex Precentral gyrus
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Premotor Cortex Learned motor skills
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Broca’s area
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Sensory Areas
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Primary Somatosensory Cortex Postcentral gyrus
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Somatosensory Association cortex Posterior to postcentral gyrus
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Visual area Extreme posterior tip of occipital lobe
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Visual Association Area Surrounds the visual area… determines what you are seeing –i.e. 2 pretty eyes, short hair, ears… its Rihanna!
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Auditory Areas Top of temporal lobe = primary auditory area Posterior of temporal lobe = auditory association area
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Olfactory cortex primitive brain new functions Rhinencephalon = Memory! Why we remember smell of Grandma’s old smoky apartment, with dentures and those weird mints now only seen at midlevel restaraunts
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Diencephalon 3 paired structures Thalamus Hypothalamus Epithalamus
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Thalamus Large number of nuclei “Afferent impulses from all senses and all parts of the body converge on the thalamus Includes sensory, visceral, emotional, etc.
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Hypothalamus 7 functions 1.) Autonomic control center 2.) Center for emotional response 3.) Body Temperature Regulation
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Hypothalamus 4.) Regulation of Food Intake 5.) Regulation of Water balance and thirst 6.) Regulation of sleep-wake cycles 7.) control of endocrine system functioning
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Epithalamus Pineal gland – melatonin hormone
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Brain Stem
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