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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by grey matter not [The nights sky]

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to be confused with dark matter which is something you definitely don't want in

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your skull alright here's our question which of the following means little

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brain because of its resemblance to the bigger structure and is responsible for

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coordinating movement and here are potential answers...[mumbling]

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right well here's the brain

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shoot! we almost forgot to chain up the zombies before we bring out the [Gun shoots a brain and zombies appear]

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brain okay we're looking for something that looks like a little brain inside of

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this bigger brain the easiest way to do that start by identifying the parts of

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the bigger brain that don't look like a tiny brain first up that continuation of

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the spinal cord right there within the skull that right there is the medulla [The medulla oblongata flashing blue]

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oblongata which sounds like something straight out of Greek mythology but it's

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actually Latin the medulla serves as the control center for the heart and lung [Medulla with arms controlling the heart and lungs]

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which means it's quite possibly the most important part of the brain full stop we

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literally could not live without it how romantic.. Though while it might be the most

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important part of the brain it definitely does not look like a tiny

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little one so out it goes and sorry to whoever that belonged to. Next up, D.. [Medulla oblongata in the bin]

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that's the amygdala the amygdala serves the primary role of processing memory

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decision making, and emotional reactions too bad it looks less like a mini brain

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and more like that dangly thing in the back of your throat so this one's out too. Next

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up the hippocampus which is named after its resemblance not to a brain and sadly [A brain and a hippo appears]

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not to a hippo wouldn't that be cute.. but to a seahorse let's take a look at that one

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right now nope, not a seahorse..a hippocampus that is why you should never

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trust interns... get out of here.. it plays an important role in short-term

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and long-term memory spatial navigation and swimming around the ocean looking [Kids in a classroom thinking about swimming in the ocean]

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for err... we're finding a new intern that's it no unions here out...The

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highlighted part is a cerebral cortex it's the outer part of the brain [Cerebral cortex flashing green]

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composed of folded gray matter and plays a key role in memory, attention, awareness,

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thought, language and consciousness if the question wanted us to find a part of

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the brain that most resembled your intestines well this would not be a bad [A brain and intestines together]

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guess Out it goes... Last but not least comes the

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cerebellum which looks like this now that looks like a tiny little brain it's [Cerebellum wearing a wig]

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also responsible for coordinating movements as well as some other things

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like attention language fear and pleasure..wow for mini brain it sure has

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a lot of responsibilities maybe we can hire it here as our new shmoop intern [Person with cerebellum as a face wearing a shmoop shirt]

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what do you think guys?

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