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UCR CBNS 106 Anatomy Practicum
Functions of most but not all, w/o terms that are easily confused with other parts by pin placment, and ones that don't need EX: meninges is all I needed I didn't need the 3 terms that are part of it.
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
11/20/2008

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Thalamus

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Receives

 

 

Somatosensory Sensory Signals

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Hypothalamus

Definition

 

 

Controls Autonomic Functions

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Brain ventricles

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openings in the brain that provide a pathway for cerebrospinal fluid which is the cushiony fluid that protects the brain and spine from trauma

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Septum pellucidum

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separate the left and right lateral ventricles from each other.

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Caudate nucleus

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regulating and organizing information being sent to the frontal lobes from other areas of the brain

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Hippocampus

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converting short term memory to more permanent memory

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Medulla
Definition
Controls Autonomic Functions
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Pons
Definition
Controls Autonomic Functions
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Midbrain
Definition
Eye Movement
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Superior Colliculus
Definition
processes and carries sensory information about vision
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Inferior Colliculus
Definition
processes and carries sensory information about hearing
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Pituitary gland
Definition
Produces Growth Hormone
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Cerebellum
Definition
Controls Fine Movement Coordination
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Cerebrum
Definition
Determines Intelligence
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Corpus callosum
Definition
transfer of information between the two cerebral hemispheres
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Pyriform Lobe
Definition
olfaction
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Chloriod Plexus
(spelling?)
Definition
Makes cerebrospinal fluid
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