Cerebrum
Functions in speech production, found in frontal lobe
What is Broca's area?
Integration center (Temperature, water balance, osmolarity, thirst, hunger, & sleep)
What is the hypothalamus?
Participates in motor coordination & behavior reward system, contains corpora quadrigemina
What is the midbrain?
Involved in olfaction
What is amygdala & hippocampus?
Plans motor activity
What is premotor area?
Interprets auditory & visual language, found in temporal lobe
What is Wernicke's area?
Secretes melatonin to regulate daily sleep-wake cycles
What is the pineal gland?
Connects cerebellum with cerebrum
What is pons?
Involved in creating long-term memories
What is the hippocampus?
Involved in learning motor skills
What is cerebellum?
Receives information from photoreceptors
What is the primary visual area?
Relay station for most sensory information
What is the thalamus?
Contains vasomotor, cardiac, primary respiratory control centers
What is the medulla oblongata?
Promotes alertness, to receive & interpret sensory information
What is reticular activating system?
Coordinates smooth voluntary movements
What is cerebellum?
Higher intellectual functions (Critical thinking, planning, decision-making, & judgement)
What is the prefrontal area?
Stimulates involuntary physiological response of ANS due to emotions
What is the hypothalamus?
What is superior colliculi?
Involved in emotion & memory
What is the amygdala?
Encodes memory, interprets visceral sensations
What is insula?
Receives sensory information from skin, muscle joints, & tendons
What is the primary somatosensory area?
Involved in arousal of cerebrum
What is the thalamus?
Involved in auditory reflexes
Assist in regulating respiration rate, heart rate, & blood pressure
What is reticular activating system?
Regulates pituitary gland to secrete hormones
What is hypothalamus?