Set: Nervous system

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Term Definition
Limbic system emotional responses (anger, fear, grief, sex, hunger)
Limbic system Processing of memories
Limbic system creation of emotional states, drives, and associated behaviors
Cerebellum coordinate posture and balance
Cerebellum Coordinate complex somatic motor patterns
Cerebellum adjusts output of other somatic motor centers in the brain and spinal cord
Frontal Lobe Memory, emotions, speaking, voluntary muscle control, personality, math
Parietal Lobe understanding speech, textures and shapes, light touch, pain, pressure
Temporal Lobe Auditory, visual and auditory memories, understanding speech
Occipital Lobe Vision
Brain stem Basis functions; animalistic functions
Diencephalon Thalamus-relay and processing centers for sensory information
Diencephalon Thalamus-Conscious recognition of crude touch, pain, temperature, and pressure
Diencephalon Hypothalamus-controlling emotion, autonomic functions, and hormone production
Mesencephalon Processing visual and auditory data
Mesencephalon maintenance of consciousness
Mesencephalon generation of reflexive somatic motor responses;
Pons Relays sensory information to cerebellum and thalamus
Pons Subconscious somatic and visceral motor centers
Medulla oblongata Relays sensory information to the thalamus and other portions of the brain stem
Medulla oblongata autonomic centers for regulation of visceral function (cardiovascular, digestive, and respiratory system activities)

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Creator ronnismith
Created October 5, 2008
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Subject anatomy
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