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Brain
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To keep you alive and functioning as the organism you are.
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Spinal Cord
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Helps you communicate to and from the brain and body
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Amygdala
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related to fear. provides a primitive quick pathway to the cortex
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wernickes area
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language comprehension
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temporal lobe
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hearing first registers
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reticular formation
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gives priority to some messages while turning others away.
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hypothalamus
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behaviors are decided on before being sending out to the body causing it to react
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occipital
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vision registers here
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motor cortex
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directs the body's muscles
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pons
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act as a bridge between the medulla and other brain areas
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parietal lobe
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body sensations register here
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medulla
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reflex control of vital life functions
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sensory cortex
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receiving area for body sensations
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neuron
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carries messages to the brain to be processed
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thalamus
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regulates consciousness, sleep, and alertness
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