Brain

Cards (20)

  • afferent
    sensory nerve fiber
  • efferent
    motor nerve fiber
  • cerebral cortex

    gray, higher level process
  • pre-central gyrus
    gray, control of voluntary movement
  • post-central gyrus
    gray, proprioception
  • choroid plexus

    produce cerebrospinal fluid
  • corpus callosum

    white, serve as conduit for infor across brain
  • olfactory bulb & tracts
    gray/white, sense of smell
  • fornix
    white, cognition & episode memory recall
  • thalamus
    gray, info relay station
  • pineal gland
    receive info about light vs dark
  • optic nerve, chiasma, and tract

    white, send visual messages to brain
  • hypothalamus
    gray, keep body in homeostasis
  • mammillary bodies

    gray/white, recollective memory
  • neurohypophysis
    gray, coordinating fluid balance and reproductive function
  • cerebral aqueduct

    cerebral spinal fluid from 3rd to 4th
  • cerebral peduncles

    white, refine motor movements
  • corpora quadrigemina

    white/gray, controls position of head and eyes
  • cerebellum
    gray, movement and balance
  • pons
    white, transmit signals between, forebrain and cerebellum