Part of the Central Nervous System
PARTS:
The Cerebrum
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lgest and most developed part: what makes human separate from animals
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has 2 hemispheres separated with different jobs connected by a small bridge called the corpus callosum
Celebral Cortex
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Cerebrum surafce layer, divided into 4 major regions:
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FRONTAL LOBE
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Intellectual activities + personality
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Control voluntary muscle movement
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PARIETAL LOBE
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Touch and temperature awarness
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Emotions and interpret speech
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TEMPORAL LOBE
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Vision and hearing
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Link to memory and sensory info interpretation
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OCCIPITAL LOBE
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Vision
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Interpret visual info
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The Hindbrain
1. CEREBELLUM controls limb movement, balance + muscle control
2. PONS=relay stations sending messages between cerebellum + medulla oblongata
3. MEDULLA OBLONGATA=Autonomic nerve control centre (ex. breathing and heart rate, blood vessel diameter)
Thalamus and Basal Nuclei
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Thalamus is the brain region interpreting sensory info and signalling cerebrum
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Basal Nuclei is grey matter centres surrounding thalamus
Left and Right Brain
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LEFT: verbal and math
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RIGHT: intuititive, spacial, artistic and musical
(Brain Injury, 2014)
(The Salience, 2013)