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Red: Cerebral Peduncles
- Connect cerebrum to brain stem and spinal cord
White: Trigeminal Nerve --- Nerve 5 (Both)
- Controls chewing muscles
- Sensation of touch and pain in the face
- Blink Reflex
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Pink: Pituitary Gland
- Production and secretion of hormones
- Homeostasis
Yellow: Optic Chiasm
- Crossing over of optic nerves to opposite sides of the brain
Blue: Optic Nerve --- Nerve 2 (Sensory)
- Perception and sensation of visual information
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Black: Pons
- Relays sensory information from cerebellum to cerebrum
White: Olfactory Bulb --- Nerve 1 (Sensory)
- Perception and sensation of smell
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Green: Temporal Lobe
- Learning, memory, language comprehension, emotion
- Main area for hearing
Blue: Oculomotor Nerve: Nerve 3 (motor)
- Lateral and vertical eye movement
- Pupil Constriction
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Yellow: Frontal Lobe
- Planning, decision making, impulse control
- Production of speech (Broca's Area)
Green: Parietal Lobe
- Spatial awareness and navigation, sensation of touch, body position
Pink: Occipital Lobe
- Main area for vision, contains primary visual cortex
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Blue: Dura Mater
- protects brain, contains Pia and Arachnoid layers
Red: Medial Longitudinal Fissure
- Divides brain hemispherically
White: Cerebellum
- Coordination of fine motor skills and movements
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Yellow: Abducens, Nerve 6, (motor)
- controls Lateral Rectus
- side to side movements
Black: Spinal accessory Nerve 11, (both) *NOT ON EXAM* |
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Yellow: Superior Colliculus
Black: Inferior Colliculus
- simple auditory processing
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Black: Trochlear Nerve, Nerve 4, (motor)
- controls rolling eye movements
- prevents eyes from rotating
Red: Medulla
- controls autonomic functions
- breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure
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Pink: Corpus Callosum (White Matter)
- Connects the two hemispheres and allows for communication between them
Green: Fourth Ventrical |
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White: Arbor Vitae (White matter)
- sends sensory and motor information to and from the cerebellum
Yellow: Superior Colliculus
Pink: Lateral Ventricals |
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Green: Inferior Colliculus
- simple auditory processing
Yellow: Thalamus (Grey Matter)
- Sensory relay system for all afferent pathways except olfaction (smell)
- Regulates states of sleep and wakefulness
- "Gateway to consciousness"
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Green: Cingulate Gyrus (Grey matter)
- Anterior: executive functioning
- Posterior: emotional regulation
Pink: Hypothalamus (Grey matter)
- Fleeing, Fighting, Feeding, """Mating"""
- Controls autonomic and endocrine systems
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White: Optic Chiasm
- crossing over of nerve fibers to opposite sides of brain
Pink: Pons
- Connects and sends sensory information to and from the cerebrum and cerebellum
Yellow: Pineal Body
- Secretes melatonin, controls circadian rhythm and induces sleep
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Green: Medulla
- Controls autonomic functions (breathing, blood pressure, heart rate)
Yellow: Cerebral Aqueduct
Pink: Third Ventrical |
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White: Cerebellum (white and grey)
- Cordination of movement and balance
- fine motor skills
Yellow: Fornix ("the fornix forks down")
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Yellow: Cornea
- Transparent protective covering, focuses some light
Green: Nictitating Membrane
- Protects and moistens eye
Red: Sclera
- White protective covering of the eye
- extension of the Dura Mater
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White: Vitreous humor
- provides shape and support
Red: Iris
- Light regulation (entry)
- Colored part of the eye
Green: Lens ("The Skittle")
- Adjusts shape and refracts light to focus images
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Yellow: Tapetum Lucidum
- Reflects light, allows for night vision in animals
White: Choroid
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Yellow: Corona Radiata (white matter)
- Carries most neural information to an from cerebral cortex
Red: Cingulate Gyrus (grey matter)
- Anterior: Executive functioning
- Posterior: Emotional regulation
White: Corpus Callosum (white matter)
- Connects hemispheres and allows for communication between them
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White: Third Ventrical
Red: Lateral Ventrical |
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Thalamus (grey matter)
- Sensory relay station for all afferent pathways except olfaction (smell)
- Regulates sleep and wakefulness
- "Gateway to consciousness"
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Red: Caudate Nucleus (Grey matter)
- Involved with movement, learning, and memory
Green: Putamen (Grey matter)
- Involved with movement
- Reinforcement learning
- Implicit learning
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Green: Pineal Body
- Secretion of melatonin, responsible for circadian rhythm
Blue: Hippocampus (grey and white matter)
- Episodic Memory (who, what, when, etc.)
- Spatial Memory (how to navigate a place)
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