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| Question | Answer |
| Hindbrain | major body functions |
| Medulla | vital unconscious actions |
| Pons | relaying signals, emotion, audition |
| Reticular formation | circadian rhythms, motor skills, arousal, motivation |
| Cerebellum | motor and coordination |
| Tectum | contains Superior and Inferior colliculus |
| Superior colliculus | visual function, orienting eyes |
| Inferior colliculus | auditory function |
| Tegmentum | area near the brainstem that contains the red nucleus and substantia nigra |
| Red nucleus | motor control |
| Substantia nigra | reward centres |
| Hypothamalus | 4 F's Fight, flight, feeding, f... reproduction |
| Pituitary gland | Master gland - hormone regulation |
| Thalamus | relay station for all senses except smell |
| Amygdala | fear response |
| Hippocampus | memory, spatial learning, adult neurogenesis |
| Gyri | large bulges outward from the brain |
| Sulci | ridges between gyri |
| Fissures | deep sulci |
| Occipital lobe | visual processing, V1 |
| Temporal lobe | A1, language/memory, audition |
| Frontal lobe | primary motor cortex, decision making |
| Parietal lobe | primary somatosensory cortex, spatial thinking |
| Corpus callosum | connection between the hemispheres |
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