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Lobe

Lobe

(Science: anatomy) a more or less well defined portion of any organ, especially of the brain, lungs and glands. Lobes are demarcated by fissures, sulci, connective tissue and by their shape.

Origin: L. Globus, from gr. Lobos


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Re: Sound and how the brain reacts to it

... for me to handle cause me to feel overwhelmed. HOWEVER, an important note to everyone....I was on a hormone treatment and started having TEMPORAL LOBE SEIZURES. They started with an aura like a migraine does, but then the tingling in my temporal lobes and other symptoms occured such as a euphoric ...

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by mschrissy84
Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:14 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Sound and how the brain reacts to it
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help match biology

MATCH Cerebrum Frontal Lobe Cerebellum Medulla Oblongata Thalamus Parietal Lobe Temporal Lobe Corpus Callosum Hypothalamus Occipital Lobe Relay centre; directs impulses from the senses to the correct brain region Of the cerebrum; auditory ...

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by mkshawty
Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:30 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: help match biology
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animals and art

... it has always interested me in how somebody could be so insane i love starry night ,but really i never understood the whole i'll cut off my ear lobe for your love kinga thing you know what i mean. :?:

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by pielover1234
Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:51 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Zoology for the Artist
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using your brain?

... the brain: medulla, reticular formation, thalamus, cerebellum, hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, and the cerebral cortex, including the frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, and temporal lobe. To reinforce the interactive functions of these structures, I'd like you to pick an activity, ...

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by tomkkk
Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:37 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: using your brain?
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Re: Humanoid life on other planets.

... no reason why it should. Humans and other terrestrial vertebrates have four limbs for reasons of evolutionary accident. We are descended from lobe fin fishes, which had four limbs. Other fishes have a different number of fins. Had we descended from them, we might have six limbs, or none. So ...

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by skeptic
Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:15 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Humanoid life on other planets.
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