Largest part of the brain and is composed of left and right hemispheres
What is the cerebrum?
Interprets vision and color. The back part of the brain.
What is the occipital lobe?
Regulates the body’s internal clock and circadian rhythms by secreting melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
Controls balance, movement, and coordination
What is the cerebellum?
Important for understanding language, memory, and hearing. The sides of the brain.
What is the temporal lobe?
Outermost layer that lines the inner part of the skull and allows for veins and arteries to pass through and supply blood flow.
What is dura mater?
Supports memory, learning, and perception of space
What is the hippocampus?
Surface of the cerebrum
what is the cortex?
Connection between the midbrain and the medulla
What is pons?
Important for behavior, emotions, personality, high order thinking, body movement. The largest part of the brain and is located in the front of the head.
What is the frontal lobe?
Master control in controlling behaviors such as hunger, thirst, and sleep. Secretes hormones and regulated body temperature and emotions.
What is the hypothalamus?
Where the brain meets the spinal cord
What is the medulla?
important for expressing language, sense of touch, pain, temperature, and hearing. The middle part of the brain.
What is the parietal lobe?
Master gland that controls other endocrine glands. Secretes hormones that control sexual development, promote bone and muscle growth, and responds to stress.
What is the pituitary gland?
Regulates emotions and is associated with the brain’s fight or flight response
What is the amygdala?