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The brain
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- 1what does the hypothalamus control - 3the secretion of hormones from the piturity gland, regulates the automic nervous system, effects the control of many homestatic processes such as body temperature and water content in body fluid
- 2where is the hypothalamusabove the piturity gland
- 3where is the medualla oblongatabelow the piturity gland
- 4functions of the cerebrumconscious though, learning, reasoning, intelligence, assossiation of incoming information, coordinating voluntary activity
- 5name three asossiation areas in the cerebellumlimbic system, occipital/temporal/occipital, frontal
- 6what is the assosiation area in the limbic system consist ofthe hypothalamus and the amygdala
- 7what does the amygdala control in the limbic systemthe automic and the endocrine system & emotions
Amy is an automatically emotional - 8what does the hypothalamus control in the limbic systemmemory
- 9what does this association area in the frontal lobe control ?planning actions and movements
to move forward you need to plan and move - 10What does the assosiation area in the parietal, occipital, temporal lobe controlwhere different parts of your body are
- 11explain what the cerebellum doesmuscle co ordination, co ordination of balance, controls posture, eye movement
- 12explain what the cerebellum doesmuscle co ordination, co ordination of balance, controls posture, eye movement
- 13where does the cerebellum recieve its information fromthe stretch receptors in the muscles, eyes and ears & other parts of the brain
- 14what does the medulla oblongata controlautomic/involuntary activities such as heart rate, breathing rate
- 15explain differences in alzeheimers patients brainlarge ventricles, nuerones dieing, disrupted cell metabolism, nuerones have less synapses with other nuerones, lower then normal amounts of neuroe transmittor
- 16explain symptoms patients with alzheimers will suffer fromloss in memory, damage to hippocampus involved in memory
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