The "Elder" Brain
The "Between" system
Lobes Lobes and more Lobes
Splits and Sides
Grab Bag
100
The oldest and innermost region of the brain, without it we would not know how to do basic functions like breathing and digesting...
What is the Brainstem?
100
This part of the brain that directs several maintenance activities such as eating and body temperature, and is linked to emotion and reward...
What is the Hypothalamus?
100
A portion of the Cerebral Cortex that is involved in speaking, muscle movements, and in making plans and judgement...
What are the Frontal Lobes?
100
This side of the brain that organizes things simultaneously and specializes in perceiving and constructing patterns, it is most efficient in visual processing...
What is the Right Hemisphere?
100
A condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain's two hemispheres by cutting the fibers that connect them...
What is Split Brain?
200
The base of the brainstem, controlling heartbeat, sleeping and breathing...
What is the Medulla?
200
Two lima bean-sized neural clusters linked to emotion, have a role in decision making and emotional reactions...
What is the Amygdala?
200
Part of the cerebral cortex that includes the auditory areas each receiving information primarily from the opposite ear, they are involved in in the retention of visual memories, comprehending language, and storing new memories...
What are the Temporal Lobes?
200
It sequentially processes information and specializes in recognizing parts of a whole, it is also most efficient in processing verbal information...
What is the Left Hemisphere?
200
The area of the brain involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, speaking, and thinking...
What is the Association Area?
300
The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; its functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance...
What is the Cerebellum?
300
This part of the brain named after a seahorse controls memory particularity long-term memory...
What is the Hippocampus?
300
The part of the Cerebral Cortex that receives sensory input for touch and body position...
What are the Parietal Lobes?
300
This separates the left and right hemispheres of the brain...
What is the Longitudinal Fissure?
300
The area of the brain that controls voluntary movements...
What is the Motor Cortex?
400
This part of the brain is located on top of the brainstem and it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla; the sensory switchboard...
What is the Thalamus?
400
Attached to the Hypothalamus and regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands...
What is the Pituitary Gland?
400
A part of the Cerebral Cortex that receives information from the visual fields...
What are the Occipital Lobes?
400
This separates the Frontal and Parietal Lobes of the brain...
What is the Central Fissure?
400
The area of the brain that registers and processes body touches and movement sensations...
What is the Sensory Cortex?
500
A nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousel, without this you would not know whether you were awake or not...
What is the reticular formation?
500
The system including the Amygdala, Hippocampus, and Hypothalamus...
What is the Limbic System?
500
In humans, this is the superior most region of the CNS,it has many functions including Determining Intelligence, Personality, Thinking, and Motor Functions...
What is the Cerebrum?
500
It serves to isolate the temporal and the parietal lobes...
What is the Lateral Fissure?
500
This band of fibers connect the two hemispheres of the brain and allows the two sides to communicate and coordinate...
What is the Corpus Callosum?
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