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Limbic system

Etymology:

Definition:

L. limbus: “edge, border”, Paul Broca coined the term based on its physical location in the brain, sandwiched between two functionally different components.

Part of the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory; includes amygdala, cingulate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, mammillary body, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex, and parahippocampal gyrus.

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