Nervous System
Division of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movements like reading
Somatic Division
Connects the Brain to the spinal cord. Controls breathing, heart rate
Medulla
Controls the timing and coordination of well-learned sequences of movements too rapid to be controlled consciously, like sprinting, playing the piano
Cerebellum
Divison of the nervous system that controls portions of your body that keep you alive (breathing, heart rate)
Autonomic Division
Area of the occipital lobes that process visual input
Visual cortex
Plays a role in breathing and regulates the sleep-wake cycle through its effect on consciousness
Section of the autonomic nervous system that turns each of your body systems up to get ready for a stress response
Sympathetic Nervous System
The region of the frontal lobe responsible for the production of speech
Functions as sensory relay station, sending taste, bodily, visual and auditory sensations on to other areas of the brain for further processing
Thalamus
Section of the nervous system that calms your body down after your stress response has been triggered by an emergency situation
Wernicke's Area
The region of the temporal lobe that controls the meaningfulness of speech
Continuously evaluates information from the immediate environment and contributes to the formation of memories of emotionally significant events, especially stressful ones
Amygdala
Section of the Nervous System made up of the Brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System
System made up of a set of glands that secrete hormones
Endocrine System
Involved in the formation of memories of information
Hippocampus