Summary Topic 8 Brain Structure and Function

Brain Structure + Function
Fi MB HB




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Spinal




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cord
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Fore brain-cerebrum and
hypothalamus
Hind brain-cerebellum and medulla


Cerebrum

Cerebral cortex
+ matter outer 3mm of brain
grey
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folded
highly bodies
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cell
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dendrites
synapses
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Cerebral hemispheres -> two sides of he brain
>
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Axons cross over
from hemispheres at corpus callosum

Four regions (lobes)

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frontal loke & movement , small , talk)
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temporal lobe /auditory'
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parietal lobe (comprehension of blue)
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occipital lobe
/visual cortex/column)