Anatomical planes and structures
The brain is divided into two of these.
What is a hemisphere?
This area of the brain is in the frontal lobe and is responsible for initiating voluntary motor movement.
What is the primary motor cortex?
Known to control movements, thoughts, breathing and temperature in which the information throughout the body is coordinated. It includes the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, diencephalon, brainstem, and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system ?
This area of the brain is known for processing vision and identifying shapes and objects.
What is the Occipital lobe?
This nerve promotes sensation within the various portions of the ear.
What is the glossopharyngeal nerve ?(IX)
The frontal, occipital, parietal, and temporal lobe.
What are the four lobes of the brain?
This structure connects the left and right hemisphere.
What is the corpus callosum?
Known for sending messages to the heart to keep it beating as well as transmitting commands throughout various portions of the body. It includes the 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves.
This part of the brain is responsible for coordination especially amongst sound.
What is Parietal lobe ?
This nerve controls the velopharyngeal, pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles.
What Is the Vagus nerve? (X).
This is the oldest part of the brain.
What is the brainstem?
The primary structure responsible for coordination of fine movement.
What is the cerebellum?
A type of cell varying in size and shape that receives, processes, and transmits information throughout the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
This portion of the brain is responsible for the cognitive function of the brain including thinking and memory.
What is the frontal lobe ?
What is the Auditory- vestibular nerve? ( VIII)
This fissure divides the left and right hemisphere of the brain.
What is the longitudinal fissure?
Spaces in the brain filled with cerebrospinal fluid that provide cushion and nutrients.
What is a ventricle?
This subsystem is responsible for the fight or flight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This is the portion of the brain the processes and understands speech and written language.
What is the temporal lobe?
This nerve controls the muscles of the facial expression and stapedius muscle.
What is the facial nerve? ( VII)
This fissure divides the frontal lobe, temporal lobe and part of the parietal lobe.
What is the Sylvian fissure?
This brain structure regulates motor movements and muscle tone.
What is the basal ganglia?
This subsystem is known as being responsible for rest and digestion.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
This portion of the brain provides sensory inputs from the eyes, ears, mouth, and skin while also developing unconscious associations.
What is the limbic lobe?
Nerve that controls the jaw muscles ( opening and closing ), it also contains the sensation of the entire face, teeth, palate, gums and two- thirds of the tongue.
What is the Trigeminal nerve (V)