The Brain

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The Brain

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Frontal Lobe

• Located in front of the brain. Concerned with
  reasoning, planning, parts of speech and movement
  (motor cortex), emotions, and problem-solving.
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• Resource description Neuroscience For Kids -
  lobes of the brain

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Temporal Lobe

• The lower lobe of either cerebral hemisphere,
  located in front of the occipital lobe and
  containing the sensory center of hearing in the
  brain.
• Picture Resource http//thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/
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• Description Resource http//www.answers.com/topic
  /temporal-lobe

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Occipital Lobe

• The occipital lobe is devoted to visual
  processing and although it is of enormous
  interest for neuroscience more generally,
• Description Resource http//www.ruf.rice.edu/lng
  brain/cglidden/occipital.html Picture Resource
  http//www.nspesp.org/

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Parietal Lobe

• The parietal lobes can be divided into two
  functional regions. One involves sensation and
  perception.
• Resource information http//www.neuroskills.com/t
  bi/bparieta.shtml
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Neurons
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Axon

• The Axon of a neuron is a singular fiber that
  carries information away from the soma to the
  synaptic sites of other neurons (dendrites and
  somas), muscles, or glands.
• Resource Info Structure of the Neuron - Axon
• Resource Picture http//www.dailygalaxy.com/my_we
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Cell Body

• The cell body is the enlarged portion of a
  neuron .
• Resource picture Epilepsy Foundation-Brain
  Functions and Makeup
• Resource Info cell body definition

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Dendrite

• The structure of a neuron and the direction of
  nerve message transmission. Dendrites are short,
  highly branched fibers that carry signals toward
  the cell body of a neuron.
• Resource Both The Nervous System - Dendrites

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Synapse

• Information from one neuron flows to another
  neuron across a synapse. The synapse contains a
  small gap separating neurons.
• Resource Picture http//users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma
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• Resource Information Neuroscience for Kids - The
  Synapse

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Limbic System
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Thalamus

• A large mass of gray matter deeply situated in
  the forebrain. There is one on either side of the
  midline. It receives Auditory, Somatosensory and
  Visual Sensory Signals
• Resource Picture http//www.sci.uidaho.edu/med532
  /thalamus.htm
• Resource Information www.sci.uidaho.edu/med532
  /thalamus.htm

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Amygdala

• It is a set of nuclei that is important. It
  controls emotional or affective behaviors and
  feelings.
• Resource Picture http//www.whalenlab.info/About
  20Amygdala/Amygdala-DrawNew.gif
• Resource Info http//www.sci.uidaho.edu/med532/a
  mygdala.htm

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Hypothalamus

• The hypothalamus is an integral part of the
  substance of the brain. A small cone-shaped
  structure, it projects downward, ending in the
  pituitary stalk, a tubular connection to the
  pituitary gland. It controls thirst, heart rate,
  ect.
• Resource Info http//www.becomehealthynow.com/art
  icle/bodynervousadvanced/956/
• Resource Picture http//psychology.about.com/od/b
  iopsychology/ss/brainstructure_7.htm