⚡ Functions
Controls heartbeat and breathing.
Medulla 🌊💓
💡 Hint: Medals go over your ❤️ and lungs.
The “Five F’s” (feeding, fighting, fleeing, Fahrenheit, mating).
Hypothalamus 🌡️🍔
💡 Hint: Body’s thermostat / Homeostasis / Hypo the Llamas
Damage here may cause speech production issues.
Broca’s Area 🗣️❌
💡 Hint: “Broken mouth.”
A high schooler listens to music but struggles to process lyrics and recognize melodies.
Temporal Lobe 🎧 ❌ 🎶
💡 Hint: Temp = tempo / sound
You plan your weekend and organize homework.
Frontal Lobe 📝🤔
💡 Hint: “Front of the line planner.”
OR “CEO of the brain — in charge of big decisions.”
Relays messages between sensory areas and motor areas.
Thalamus 🚦
💡 Hint: The cops Hall & Amos directing traffic
"Memory Compass” helps recall this structure.
Hippocampus 🎓🐴
💡 Hint: Like a college campus for memories... with hippos!
Damage here causes coma or problems with attention.
Reticular Activating System (RAS) ⚡😴
💡 Hint: RAS = Rise And Shine.
🏃 After playing basketball, you feel hot and sweaty, then grab a big snack. Which brain structure regulates both your body temperature and hunger?
Hypothalamus 🌡️🍔
💡 Memory Hint: The “Five F’s” — feeding, fighting, fleeing, Fahrenheit, & mating.
You feel your phone vibrate in your pocket.
Parietal Lobe ✋
💡 Hint: Parietal = pressure & touch
Coordinates voluntary movement and balance.
Cerebellum 🛼⚖️
💡 Hint: “Sarah's bells help her balance.”
“Amy the angry” → which structure?
Amygdala 😡😱
💡 Hint: Governs anger & fear / emotions without thinking
Damage here = loss of balance/coordination.
Cerebellum 🛼❌
💡 Hint: Sarah lost her balance.
A person feels intense fear when startled by thunder and lightning
Amygdala 😱
💡 Hint: Amy is afraid
You watch a TikTok video.
Occipital Lobe 👀
💡 Hint: Ocular (octopus with eyes on tentacles) = vision
“Eyes in the back of your head.”
Connects two hemispheres.
Corpus Callosum 🔗
💡 Hint: Call someone to connect.
"Piranha” bites your head→ which lobe processes skin sensations?
Parietal lobe 🐟✋
💡 Hint: “Parietal sounds like ‘parental’ → parents put a hand ✋ on your head = touch.”
Damage here → can’t store new explicit memories.
Hippocampus 📚❌
💡 Hint: Campus closed.
A student struggles with spatial awareness and misjudges distances when catching a ball.
Parietal Lobe 🏀
💡 Hint: Parietal = position sense
You hear a friend call your name.
Temporal Lobe 🎧🎶
💡 Hint: Tempo = sound & hearing.
Near your temples = ears = hearing
Governs planning and judgment.
Frontal Lobe 📝🤔
💡 Hint: “Front of the line” / decision-making.
Octopus with eyeballs instead of suckers on the tentacles → which lobe processes vision?
Occipital Lobe 👀
💡 Hint: “Occ = Oculus” - Vision center.
Damage here leads to problems with comprehending language.
Wernicke’s Area 👂❌
💡 Hint: “Word Salad.”
A neurosurgeon cuts through this structure, preventing communication between the left and right hemispheres.
Corpus Callosum 🔗
💡 Hint: Call someone to connect halves.
You use muscles to wave hello.
Frontal Lobe (motor cortex)
💡 Hint: Front door / CEO of the brain — in charge of big moves