Parts of the Brain
What are the three main parts of the brain?
cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem
What are the four lobes of the brain?
frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital
What is located deep to the temporal lobe?
Hippocampus
cerebellum
Which lobe contains Broca's area and the primary motor cortex?
frontal lobe
Thalamus
What are the three parts of the brainstem?
midbrain, pons, medulla
Which lobe controls receptive language?
temporal Lobe
What controls thirst and hunger, metabolic function, and reproductive behavior?
Hypothalamus
What are the two lobes of the brain connected by?
corpus callosum
Which lobe contains the primary sensory cortex?
parietal lobe
Not an actual distinguished anatomical structure, but is a system that some people consider a lobe.
Limbic System
What does the pons connect?
cerebellum to the rest of the brain
Which lobe controls visual and spatial perception?
parietal lobe
What are the three parts of the Basal Ganglia?
caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus