The Spectacular Lobes
An Interior View
Case Studies
An Interior View Pt.2
If Damaged...
100
Located at the front of the brain, this lobe is involved with higher thinking/planning, motor skills, judgement/attention, and problem solving.
What is the Frontal Lobe
100
This structure divides the brain between the right and left hemispheres.
What is The Corpus Callosum
100
Patient A presents herself with extreme epileptic seizures. Doctors determine that the only viable option would be to severe the _______ in order to split the brain's two hemisphere apart from each other, halting hyper-neuronal activity in the brain.
What is The Corpus Callosum
100
This structure plays a role in regulating sleep and is involved with relaying sensory information between the cerebrum and cerebellum.
What is Pons
100

If damaged this part of the brain can result in a permanent coma

Reticular Formation

200
Located at the bottom section of the brain, this lobe is involved with language comprehension, speech, and sound interpretation.
What is The Temporal Lobe
200
This structure is involved with forming, storing, and organizing memories. The structure plays a crucial role in forming new memories, and associating sounds/scents with certain memories.
What is The Hippocampus
200
Patient B presents herself with damage to the _______. When asked to draw a face representing all of the primary emotions except fear, she draws them correctly. When asked to draw a face showing "fear" she struggles for a second, and then proceeds to draw a picture of a baby.
What is The Amygdala
200
This structure is the most highly developed and largest portion of the brain, encompassing two-thirds of the total mass.
What is The Cerebrum
200

If damaged causes loss of ability to smooth initiation of movement. (There are 2)

Substania Nigra and Striatum

300
Located at the back of the brain, this lobe is involved with vision and color perception.
What is Occipital Lobe
300
A small, almond shaped structure located within the Temporal Lobe. This structure is associated with the processing of emotional reactions, and strongly connected to the processing of "fear".
What is The Amygdala
300

Patient C presents himself with acute verbal aphasia due to this brain damage.

Broca's Area

300
This structure is located directly below the Cerebrum and is involved with motor control, balance, and equilibrium.
What is The Cerebellum
300

If damaged causes loss of spatial, artistic, musical abilities, and control of the left side of the body.

Right hemisphere

400
Located in the middle section of the brain, this lobe is involved with processing sensory information (pressure, touch, pain, etc...)
What is The Parietal Lobe
400
This structure is involved with certain involuntary functions, and has connections to the endocrine system (system of hormone-secreting glands).
What is The Hypothalamus
400
H.M. presents himself with epilepsy in which doctors must remove the ________. After the surgery, H.M. is not able to create new long-term memories, except for new long-term procedural memories (for example, new motor skills); however, he has no memory of learning the new procedural skills.
What is The Hippocampus
400
This structure connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord. Various types of neurons travel through this structure, relaying signals from the brain to the spinal cord and vice-versa.
What is The Brain Stem
400

Irregular regulation of hunger, thirst, and/ or sex drive.

hypothalamus

500
Francis is a patient whose symptoms include increased risk-taking, difficulty in differentiating between good and bad choices, and serious lack of impulse control. Damage to the _______Lobe has most likely caused these symptoms.
What is the Frontal Lobe
500

The part of the cerebral cortex whose neurons control voluntary movements in specific parts of the body

motor cortex

500
F.C. presents himself with trouble balancing and fine motor control. F.C. has recently been in an extreme unicycle accident and was not wearing a helmet. Doctors take an MRI of his brain and notice damage to the ______ located below is Cerebrum.
What is The Cerebellum
500
This structure is located in the back of the brain and control involuntary functions such as breathing, digestion, heart rate, etc....
What is The Medulla Oblongota
500

A loss of ability to make new memories

hippocampus

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