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Essay Four
The Brain
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/30/2006

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Function of temperol lobes
Definition
hearing
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Function of frontal lobes
Definition
motor skills
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Function of parietal lobes
Definition
sensation
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Function of occiptal lobes
Definition
eyesight
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Parts of the hind brain
Definition
medulla, pons, and cerrebellum
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function of medulla
Definition
vital functions such as breathing and heartrate
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function of pons
Definition
body position; feedback on where your body is
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function of cerrebellum
Definition
balance
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function of mid-brain
Definition
vision
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Two major parts of the fore-brain
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Telencephalon and Diancephalon
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Parts of the telencephalon
Definition
cerebal cortex, corpus callosm, limbic system, basal ganglia
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function of cerebral cortex
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membrane that covers lobes, involved with abstract thinking and speaking
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function of corpus callosm
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thick bundle of nerves; communication between left and right hemisphere
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function of limbic system
Definition
stores primitive feelings
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function of basal gangla
Definition
where most dopamine is produced
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Parts of Diancephalon
Definition
hypothalamus, thalamus, pituary gland
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function of hypothalamus
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releases hormones, thermoregulation, menstruation, fight or flight, feed, fornicate
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thalamus
Definition
relay staion; sends signal to proper part of brain
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function of pituary gland
Definition
master gland; directs endocrine system
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