Question

Research project Body part- Brain o list 20 medical terms related to the System. Prepare a word analysis for lach torm, and summary of Brain

Answer 1

#. 20 medical terms related to brain are :-

1. encephal/o

brain

2. esthes/o

sensation

3. latr/o

physician, medical treatment

4. mening/o

membrane

5. myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

6. narc/o

numbness, sleep

7.neur/o

nerve

8.phas/o

speech

9. poli/o

gray

10. psych/o

mind

11. cerebell/o

cerebellum

12. cerebr/o

cerebrum

13. dur/o

dura mater

14. gli/o

glial cells

15. lept/o

thin, slender

16. my/o

muscle

#. Functions of the baron :-

1- Spinal cord

Simple reflexes

2- Medulla

Involuntary functions

-Blood pressure, blood flow, heart rate, respiratory rate, swallowing, vomiting, coughing, sneezing

-Sensory info from cerebellum to thalamus

3- Pons

Relay station and balance

-Connects spinal cord and medulla with brain

-Relays info to the cerebellum and thalamus

4- Cerebellum

Movement coordination

5 - Midbrain

Eye movement

-Visual and auditory

6- Thalamus

Integrating center and relay station

7- Hypothalamus

Homeostasis and behavior

-Temperature regulation, fluid balance, appetite

-Primitive emotions (anger, rage, sex drive)

-Controls pituitary gland

8- Basal nuclei

Movement

-General parer of rhythm movements

9- Limbic system

Emotion, memory and learning

-Links conscious and unconscious parts of the brain

10- Cerebral cortex

Perception, skeletal muscle movement, memory, attention, thought, language, and consciousness

-Frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital

-Vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch

-Intellectual function

-Personality