Receives general sensory input (located in postcentral gyrus)
Primary somatosensory cortex
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Involved in intellect, complex learning abilities, recall, personality and behaviour
Prefrontal cortex
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Responsible for communication
Cerebral white matter
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Ensures smooth movements
Basal nuclei
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Comprehends written and spoken language
Wernicks areas
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directs muscle movements involved in speech production
Brocas area
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Ensures smooth, coordinated skeletal muscle movements, and maintains balance
Cerebellar cortex
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This includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalimus
Diencephalon
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Relay station for incoming information coming into the cerebral cortex
Thalamus
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controls the autonomic nervous system, involved in emotional responses, regulated body temp, regulates water balance, regulates sleep cycles, produces hormones.
Hypothalamus
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Produces melatonin and helps regulate the sleep wake cycle
Epithalamus
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Allows us to be consciously aware of, and control our emotions
Limbic system
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Includes the midbrain, pons, medulla, oblongata and reticular formation
Brain stem
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Is composed of axons arranged into tracts that relay, sensory input, motor outpus and motor conversations
White matter
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Contains neuron cell bodies arraged into nuclei
Grey matter
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Acts as a sensory filter (filters out repetative, unfamiliar or weak signals, eg watch)
Reticular formation
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It's contained within the reticular formation
Reticular activating system
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Are divided into three connective tisse membranes that cover and protect the neural tissue of the brain, protect blood vesses, contain CSF, and form partitions in the skull
Meninges
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Clear fluid derived from blood plasma, and is circulated within and around the brain and spinal cord
Cerebrospinal fluid
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CSF is produced by a .... ..... found in the roof of each ventricle (chamber)
Chroroid plexus
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It equalises blood pressure, provides an alternate route for blood to reach the cerebrum if a vessel is occluded
Cerebral arterial circle
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most venous blood and CSF drains into the ..... ...... .....
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