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Term | Definition |
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nervous system sends and receives messages to and from the body? | central nervous system |
which system in the nervous system is in charge of voluntary movements? | somatic nervous system |
system takes care of your breathing, digestion and keeps your heart beating without you having to think about? | autonomic nervous system |
which part of the nervous system makes the decisions? | frontal lobe |
cerebrum | higher order function |
frontal lobe | reasoning, problem solving |
broca's area | speech production |
motor cortex | movement |
parietal lobe | body sensation |
sensory cortex | sensations |
occipital lobe | vision |
temporal lobe | hearing |
wernick's area | language understanding |
cerebellum | muscle coordination, balance |
brain stem | breathing |
midbrain | motor movement |
pons | blood pressure regulation |
medulla oblongata | breathing |
corpus callosun | connects the two hemispheres |
limbic system | automatic function |
amydala | happiness, anger |
thalamus | smell |
hypothalamus | thirst and huger, sleeping and walking |
pituitary | produces hormones |
hippocampus | long-term memory |
gyrus | thick part of brain |
sulcus | grooves in the brain |