Functions
Thalamus
" sensory relay station", deals with haring, tasting and touching
Brocas Area
which part of the brain is responsible for speech production and language comprehension?
Temporal Lobe
associated speech, hearing, and memory
Corpus Callosum
bundle of nerve fibers that connect two hemispheres, sends messages move from one side of the brain to the other
Amygdala
responsible for fight or flight response;
influences aggression and fear
Motor Cortex
area of the brain that recevies info from various lobes of the brain and utilizes the info to cary out body movements
Parietal Lobe
what controls the ablitity to write ?
Cerebral Cortex
"Grey matter" responsible for the higher-level processes of the human brain, including language, memory, reasoning, thought, learning, decision-making, emotion, intelligence and personality
Hypothalamus
responsible for controlling hunger, thirst, emotion, body temp regulation and circadian rhythms.
Somatosensory Cortex
part of your brain that receives and processes sensory info from the entire body.
The Optical Lobe
... controls visual processing
Pons
handles all of your unconscious movements and processes.
Brainstem
controls the flow of messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
Wernick's Area
part of the brain responsible for the comprehension of speech
Frontal Lobe
important for voluntary movement, expressive language and for managing higher level executive functions.
Reticular Formation
helps regulate pain intensity,helps people focus on useful sensory input filtering out unessasary stimuli
Medulla
responsible for controlling life sustaining functions such as heart rate, breathing and blood pressure
Hippocampus
responsible for organization and the storage of new memories as well as connection certain sensations to those particlar memories.
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How many lobes make up the brain?