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amygdala
responsible for fear responses
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Medulla Oblongata
- heart, breathing, swallow
- top of the brain stem
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Pons
cordinates movement left and right sides of BODY
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Reticular Formation
- Attention and alertness
- army stands at attention when in formation
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cerebellum
- controls balance and muscle corridination
- called the little brain
- BELLarinas have ballance
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Thalamus
- relays sensory info from sensory organs minus smell
- like a train station T=Train
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Hypothalmus
- hunger, sleep,sex, temp, emotions
- without it you would get HYPOthermia
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Hippocampus
- learning, memory, compare sensory info to expectations
- remember if you saw a hippo on campus but you wouldnt expect it
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Corpus Collosum
thick band of nurons that connect the two hemispheres
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Occipital Lobe
- vision
- back of your head
- eyes in the back of your head
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Parietal Lobes
taste, touch, temp
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Temporal Lobes
- sound
- next to ears
- you hear TEMPO
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Frontal Lobe
higher functioning in brain such as logic and decision making
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Broca's Area
- left frontal lobe
- production of speech
- if it aint broca dont say it
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Wernicke's Area
- left temperal lobe
- understanding the meaning of words
- WORDnicke's area
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Pituitary
- master galnd
- controls all other glands
- in brain
- human growth horomone
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pineal
- controls sleep
- produces melatonin
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Pancreas
- middle of torso
- produces insulin to regulate blood sugar
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Gonads
- ovaries and testes
- secrete sex hormones
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Adrenal
- on kidneys
- stress response
- regulates salt intake
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