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- 1. Resides deep in the cerebrum above the brain stem often referred to the switchboard of the central nervous system relay sensory information like sight, sound, our touch to the cerebral cortex
- 8. maintains balance,posture,coordination, and fine motor skills located in the back of your brain
- 9. having self awareness about own thing knowing what you know and you don't know
- 10. The latest part of the brain; two Halves; right hemisphere controls cognitions, emotions,and spatial orientation; left hemisphere controls expressive language skills and receptive language skills
- 11. the bottom, stalk like portion of the brain, connects your brain to your spinal cord, sends messages to the rest of the body to regulate balance, breathing, heart rate and more
- 12. are in the front part of the brain right behind the forehead; largest lobe and controls voluntary movement, speech,and intellect; control primary motor cortex; plays an important role in memory, intelligence, and personality
- 15. send out hormones to different organs In the body
- 16. part of the temporal lobe, brains memory library,stores declarative memories, which are memories you can access,emember, and describe; declarative memories include memories of events or memorized facts and information; also helps with recognition memory, which is the ability to recognize something based on stored memory
- 18. sits below the thamulus important in regulating hormonal functions, automatic function, hunger, thirst and sleep work with you pituitary gland in the control of you hormonal system
- 20. lobes in the back of the brain allow you to notice and interprets visual information control how a person processes shapes.colors, and movements
- 21. The mental process that enables us to plan, focus attention, remember, and juggle multiple tasks
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- 2. relays messages between the brain and the rest of the body
- 3. cell in your brains and nerves that can send and relay signals to other neurons
- 4. is a pair of areas in your brain's left and right side inside your skills near your temples play a role I managing your emotions processing information from your senses, storing and retrieving memories and understanding language
- 5. as essential organ that control man body functions; receives and interprets all the sensory information person encounters likes sights, sounds, smells, and tastes many complex parts that work together to help a person function
- 6. interprets sights, sounds and touches; regulates emotions, reasoning,and learning makes up about 80% of your brain
- 7. lobes Lobes near the center of the brain; receive and interpret signals from other parts of the brain; integrates many sensory inputs so a person can understand the environment and the state of the body help gives meaning to what's going on in your environment
- 13. the place where neurons connect and communicate with each other; each neuron has hundred to thousands of synaptic connections
- 14. projections of a neuron that receives signals from other neurons
- 17. part of the temporal lobe, manage emotions like fear and anxiety, contribute to how a person feels when they get a reward and learning related emotions
- 19. part of the frontal lobe general signals to direct the movement your body