Brain Communication
Part of the brain that links emotion to memory
What is the amygdala?
The hemisphere that controls the right hand side of the body
What is the Left Hemisphere?
Includes areas concerned with the understanding of speech, includes the auditory cortex.
What is the temporal lobe?
Controls coordinated, rapid voluntary movements.
What is the cerebellum?
Control the body's other glands.
What is the pituitary gland?
Links the brain to the endocrine system
What is the hypothalamus?
Controls the left half of the body, concerned with creativity.
Right Hemisphere
Processes auditory information.
What is the temporal lobe?
Deals primarily with motor control and sensory analysis.
What is the Pons?
Controls the pituitary gland.
What is the hypothalamus?
Name of the brains communication system
Connects the two hemispheres of the brain
Corpus Callosum
Includes the sensory cortex and processes somatic information.
What is the parietal lobe?
Maintains bodily functions like breathing and heartbeat.
What is the medulla?
Is the basis of the so-called 'fight-or-flight' reaction
What is the Adrenals?
Relays sensory information, acts as a center for pain perception.
Concerns itself with anything regarding, geometric patterns, faces, emotional expression, non language sounds, nonverbal memory, emotional tone, direction, distance, and music.
What is the right hemisphere?
Processes visual information.
A diffuse network of nerve pathways in the brainstem connecting the spinal cord, cerebrum, and cerebellum, and mediating the overall level of consciousness.
What is the reticular formation?
The gland is most associated with calorie burning and heart rate
What is the thyroid?
A chemical messenger that carries signals between neurons
What is a neurotransmitter?
Controls things associated with words, language, sounds, verbal memory, speech, grammar, reading, writing, and arithmetic
What is the Left Hemisphere?
Sits in the back of frontal lobe, controls voluntary movements
Motor Cortex
Oldest part of the brain.
What is the Brain Stem?
The gland that helps control blood sugar levels in the body.
What is the Pancreas?