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| Muscle control on right side of body, reasoning, writing, scientific skills |
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| Right cerebral hemisphere |
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| Muscle control on left side of body, visualization, emotion, music and art |
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| Processes sensory information, issues motor commands |
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| Increases surface area for information processing |
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| Divides the cerebrum into right and left hemispheres |
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| Separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum |
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| Thinking and voluntary movements |
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| Allows communication between the right and left hemispheres |
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| Connects the hippocampus to the hypothalamus |
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| Sense of smell, abstract and creative thought, judgment, motor information, problem solving |
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| Sense of touch, language, reading, visual functions |
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| Sense of smell and hearing, behavior, speech |
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| Separates the parietal and frontal lobes |
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| Sense of touch, body awareness |
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| Sensory and motor information |
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| Separates the parietal and temporal lobes |
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| Relays sensory information between brain regions, controls autonomic functions of the PNS |
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| Relays sensory information to other parts of the cerebrum |
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| Connects the right and left thalamic portions |
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| Controls the pituitary gland; produces hormones; regulates emotion, behavior, eating, drinking, body temperature, circadian rhythms |
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| Memory in humans, sense of smell in sheep |
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| Connects pituitary gland to the brain |
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| Hormone production and regulation, growth, sexual and physical maturation |
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| Produces melatonin to regulate the sleep/wake cycles |
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| Regulates posture and balance |
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| Regulate posture and balance |
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| Separates cerebellar hemispheres |
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| "Tree of life," relays sensory and motor information to and from the cerebellum |
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| "Leaves," gray matter surrounding the arbor vitae |
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| Contains sensory and motor tracts |
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| Controls heart rate, blood vessel tone, digestion and respiratory function (vegetative functions) |
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| Sense of hearing and sight |
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| Movement of head, eyes, and trunk in response to visual stimuli |
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| Movement of head, eyes, and trunk in response to auditory stimuli |
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| Relays nerve impulses from motor area of cerebral cortex to cerebellum, regulates breathing |
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| Regulates heartbeat, blood vessel diameter, and breathing |
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| Relays motor information from the brain to the medulla oblongata |
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| Contains CSF that bathes the brain and spinal cord |
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| Protect brain from trauma |
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| Forms a barrier between the ventricles |
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| Protects brain from trauma, provides CSF circulation |
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| Contains CSF that bathes the brain and spinal cord |
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| Protects brain from trauma, forms the central canal of the spinal cord |
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| Contains ependymal cells that produce CSF |
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| Protect cranial nerves and spinal cord |
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| Outer protective covering of the brain |
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| Middle protective covering of the brain |
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| Inner protective covering of the brain |
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