The brain

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  • Created on: 12-02-15 10:26
Function: Cerebrum
personality / emotions / thoughts / judgement / language
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Structure: Cerebrum
divided into two hemispheres
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Function: Cerebral Cortex
thin and folded layer of nerve cell bodies which makes up the cerebrum
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Division of cerbral cortex
sensory / association / motor areas
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Function: Cerebellum
Fine motor control / coordination / judgement
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Structure: cerebellum
back on the brain
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Function: Corpus callosum
connects the two hemispheres
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Function: Medulla oblongata
controls involuntary muscles / breathing and heart rate
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Structure: Medulla oblongata
lowest section of brain stem
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Function: Hypothalamus
controls homestatic mechanism (osmoreceptors/thermoreceptors) / endocrine glands (pituitary glands)
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Structure: Cerebrum

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divided into two hemispheres

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Function: Cerebral Cortex

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Card 4

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Division of cerbral cortex

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Card 5

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Function: Cerebellum

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