CSD 210 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Dorsal Stream
The "where pathway" of the visual system; terminates in the parietal lobe and
specializes in processing the object's spatial location relative to the viewer
Integrated motion, temporal and spatial
(top arrow)
Ventral Stream
The "what pathway" of the visual system; travels to the temporal lobe and specializes in
object identification and recognition.
Complex and cognitive aspects: recognizing objects, faces, visual memory, reading.
(bottom arrow)
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
the relay center in the thalamus for the visual pathway; The optic nerve passes through
this in order to be interpreted into color, images, intensity, and brightness.
Major Roles of the Limbic System
"The Emotional Brain"; where emotions are generated and responses to emotional
stimuli are coordinated; "reward" and "punishment" function
Hypothalamus
Maintains homeostasis; "Hypo the llamas"; (hunger, thirst, temperature control, heart
rate, rage, body weight...)
Thalamus
Relay center for sensory information
Hippocampus
Learning and memory (Declarative memory = memories you can explicitly remember
and recall); Almost any type of sensory experience involves the hippocampus- in turn,
the hippocampus distributes the sensory info to other parts of the limbic system. so that
it can initiate behavioral reactions.
Amygdala
emotions and aggression--> inc/dec BP, HR, GI motility, hormones, invol. movements
and behavioral; complex of multiple small nuclei located beneath cerebral cortex of
each temporal lobe; "The window through which the limbic system sees the place of the
person in the world"
Fornix
connects the limbic lobe to the diencephalon and brainstem
Medial forebrain bundles
connect brainstem to basal ganglia and cortex
Septal area
forms the septo-hypothalamic-midbrain continuum; connects brainstem to basal ganglia
and cortex
General Overview of the Limbic System
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Dorsal Stream
The "where pathway" of the visual system; terminates in the parietal lobe and
specializes in processing the object's spatial location relative to the viewer
Integrated motion, temporal and spatial
(top arrow)
Ventral Stream
The "what pathway" of the visual system; travels to the temporal lobe and specializes in
object identification and recognition.
Complex and cognitive aspects: recognizing objects, faces, visual memory, reading.
(bottom arrow)
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
the relay center in the thalamus for the visual pathway; The optic nerve passes through
this in order to be interpreted into color, images, intensity, and brightness.
Major Roles of the Limbic System
"The Emotional Brain"; where emotions are generated and responses to emotional
stimuli are coordinated; "reward" and "punishment" function
Hypothalamus
Maintains homeostasis; "Hypo the llamas"; (hunger, thirst, temperature control, heart
rate, rage, body weight...)
Thalamus
Relay center for sensory information
Hippocampus
Learning and memory (Declarative memory = memories you can explicitly remember
and recall); Almost any type of sensory experience involves the hippocampus- in turn,
the hippocampus distributes the sensory info to other parts of the limbic system. so that
it can initiate behavioral reactions.
Amygdala
emotions and aggression--> inc/dec BP, HR, GI motility, hormones, invol. movements
and behavioral; complex of multiple small nuclei located beneath cerebral cortex of
each temporal lobe; "The window through which the limbic system sees the place of the
person in the world"
Fornix
connects the limbic lobe to the diencephalon and brainstem
Medial forebrain bundles
connect brainstem to basal ganglia and cortex
Septal area
forms the septo-hypothalamic-midbrain continuum; connects brainstem to basal ganglia
and cortex
General Overview of the Limbic System
