Brainstem and survival
Controls breathing and heartbeat
What is the medulla?
Controls fear and aggression
What is the amygdala?
Outer layer responsible for thinking
What is the cerebral cortex?
Decision making and personality
What is the frontal lobe?
Controls voluntary movement
What is the motor cortex?
Connects brain to spinal cord
What is the brainstem?
Forms new memories
What is the hippocampus?
Largest part of the brain
What is the cerebellum?
Processes touch
What is the parietal lobe?
Receives touch information
What is the somatosensory cortex?
Controls sleep and arousal
what is the pons?
Regulates hunger and thirst and temp
What is they hypothalamus
Divides brain into left and right parts
What are hemispheres?
processes sound
What is the temporal lobe?
What is the brocas area?
Helps coordinate movement and balance
What is cerebellum?
Releases hormones from the endocrine system
What is the pituitary gland?
Deep grooves in brain
What are sulci?
Processes vision
What is the occipital lobe?
The brains ability to reorganize itself
What is neuroplasticity?
Sends sensory info to the cortex
What is the thalamus?
System responsible for emotion and motivation
What is the Lymbic system?
Raised bumps on the brain
What are gyri?
Understanding language happens here
What is the Wernicke’s area?
The left side of the brain controls this side of the body
What is the right side?