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Flashcards by Katie Woodhouse, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katie Woodhouse
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Cerebellum | Coordinates balance and muscular movement |
| Pons | Controls respiration |
| Medulla | Controls involuntary processes e.g. respiration & blood pressure and contains the Medulla oblongata |
| Midbrain | Conducts nerve impulses from the forebrain to the hindbrain and vice versa |
| Reticular formation | Set of interconnecting nuclei that controls consciousness and arousal |
| Neuron receptors | receptors between nerve cells which detect and pass on messages from one nerve to another (synapses are the junctions between the 2 cells) |
| Limbic system | Involved in motivation, emotion, memory and learning |
| Thalamus | The relay station for most information going into the brain e.g. processing information from sense organs |
| Hypothalamus | Regulates hormones, controls homeostasis |
| Cerebrum | Controls voluntary actions |
| What is the forebrain made of? | Cerebral cortex Thalamus Hypothalamus Limbic system |
| What is the midbrain made of? | Reticular formation Neuron receptors |
| What is the hindbrain made of? | Cerebellum Pons Medulla |
| what is structure A? | Forebrain |
| What is structure B? | Hindbrain |
| What is structure C? | Midbrain |
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