Comprehensive Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics Review
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1. Amygdala Fear, emotion processing, facial recognition, aggres-
sion.
2. Hippocampus Converts short-term memory into long-term memory.
3. Thalamus Relays sensory information and helps with movement
and memory.
4. Hypothalamus Controls appetite, thirst, body temperature, and home-
ostasis.
5. Temporal Lobe Hearing, language acquisition, and memory.
6. Cerebellum Balance, coordination, and posture.
7. Frontal Lobe Reasoning, critical thinking, personality, planning.
8. Occipital Lobe Processes visual information.
9. Parietal Lobe Integrates sensory information such as pain and tem-
perature.
10. Cerebrum The largest part of the brain; refers to the entire brain.
11. Sympathetic Nervous System Fight-or-flight response.
12. Parasympathetic Nervous System Rest-and-digest response.
13. Somatic Nervous System Controls voluntary skeletal muscles.
14. Autonomic Nervous System Controls involuntary functions.
15. Artificial Selection Human-controlled breeding for desired traits.
16. Natural Selection
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Survival and reproduction of organisms best adapted to
their environment.
17. Fossil Evidence Preserved remains or traces of organisms from the past.
18. Genetic Evidence Comparing DNA sequences between organisms.
19. Embryology Comparing embryos of different organisms.
20. Comparative Anatomy Comparing body structures among organisms.
21. Homologous Structures Structures with common ancestry.
22. Vestigial Structures Structures with reduced or no current function.
23. Gradualism Slow, steady evolutionary change over long periods.
24. Punctuated Equilibrium Long periods of little change interrupted by rapid evo-
lution.
25. Convergent Evolution Unrelated species evolve similar traits.
26. Parallel Evolution Related species evolve in similar ways.
27. Adaptive Radiation Many species evolve from a common ancestor.
28. Structural Adaptation Physical body feature.
29. Physiological Adaptation Internal body process.
30. Behavioral Adaptation Action or behavior.
31. Point Mutation Change in a single nitrogen base.
32. Frameshift Mutation Addition or deletion of nucleotides causing a read-
ing-frame shift.
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1. Amygdala Fear, emotion processing, facial recognition, aggres-
sion.
2. Hippocampus Converts short-term memory into long-term memory.
3. Thalamus Relays sensory information and helps with movement
and memory.
4. Hypothalamus Controls appetite, thirst, body temperature, and home-
ostasis.
5. Temporal Lobe Hearing, language acquisition, and memory.
6. Cerebellum Balance, coordination, and posture.
7. Frontal Lobe Reasoning, critical thinking, personality, planning.
8. Occipital Lobe Processes visual information.
9. Parietal Lobe Integrates sensory information such as pain and tem-
perature.
10. Cerebrum The largest part of the brain; refers to the entire brain.
11. Sympathetic Nervous System Fight-or-flight response.
12. Parasympathetic Nervous System Rest-and-digest response.
13. Somatic Nervous System Controls voluntary skeletal muscles.
14. Autonomic Nervous System Controls involuntary functions.
15. Artificial Selection Human-controlled breeding for desired traits.
16. Natural Selection
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Survival and reproduction of organisms best adapted to
their environment.
17. Fossil Evidence Preserved remains or traces of organisms from the past.
18. Genetic Evidence Comparing DNA sequences between organisms.
19. Embryology Comparing embryos of different organisms.
20. Comparative Anatomy Comparing body structures among organisms.
21. Homologous Structures Structures with common ancestry.
22. Vestigial Structures Structures with reduced or no current function.
23. Gradualism Slow, steady evolutionary change over long periods.
24. Punctuated Equilibrium Long periods of little change interrupted by rapid evo-
lution.
25. Convergent Evolution Unrelated species evolve similar traits.
26. Parallel Evolution Related species evolve in similar ways.
27. Adaptive Radiation Many species evolve from a common ancestor.
28. Structural Adaptation Physical body feature.
29. Physiological Adaptation Internal body process.
30. Behavioral Adaptation Action or behavior.
31. Point Mutation Change in a single nitrogen base.
32. Frameshift Mutation Addition or deletion of nucleotides causing a read-
ing-frame shift.
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