Brain Basics
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
Cerebellum
The basic unit of the nervous system that transmits signals.
Neuron
the part touching the spinal cord and brings all information in and out
brain stem
the frontest part of the brain utilizes problem solving, concentration and planning
frontal lobe
what color is the brain
Pinkish, grayish because most of the outer brain is made of tissue called grey matter, which is gray.
The largest part of the brain, responsible for thought and action, is called this.
Cerebrum
The part of a neuron that receives messages from other cells.
Dendrite
responsible for the coordination of movement, maintaining posture and balance, muscle tone, and motor learning.
cerebellum
its lowest and the lobe controls your memory
temporal lobe
how heavy is the brain
3 pounds
This part of the brain regulates heart rate and breathing.
Brainstem
Cells that support and protect neurons.
Glial cells
the area of the brain that produces hormones that control Body temperature. Heart rate. Hunger.
hypothalamus
right in the middle this lobe controls speech, touch, and taste
parietal lobe
which system is the best
nervous system
The outer layer of the brain, involved in higher functions, is known as this.
Cerebral cortex
what is a nerve
A bundle of fibers that receives and sends messages between the body and the brain
this is your body's information relay station.
thalamus
back lobe for visual area and recognition
occipital lobe
what is the other part of the nervous system that not the brain (HINT:it starts with a P)
peripheral nervous system
This structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
Corpus callosum
this nerve controls the muscles that bend wrist and fingers
ulnar nerve
this is a collection of nerve fibers that cross the midline of the spinal cord and transmit information from or to the contralateral side of the brain.
anterior commissure
not a lobe but referred as smaller second brain
cerellblum
who invented neurology
french physician Jean-Martin Charcot