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As the executive center of your brain, this lobe controls your emotions, judgement, and memories.
Frontal Lobe
This system activates when your body's 5 senses have been trigger.
Somatic Nervous System
Without these, 90% of the brain's matter would instead be filled with dead neurons.
Glial Cells
The first part of the brain to form and develop, this highway of cells connects the brain to the spinal cord.
Brain Stem
The automatic operation of your whole body are connected and controlled by this similar sounding system.
Autonomic Nervous System
First described, and later named after this German neurologist, this is the area of the temporal lobe that is involved with language comprehension.
Wernicke's Area
One of the Occipital Lobe's primary functions. It's helps the brain process defining features.
Facial Recognition
The lack of neural activity in this area causes speech to become fragmented, often damaging one's grammatical confidence.
Broca's Area
From as early as fetal development, this structure regulates all your bodily functions.
Medulla Oblondata
Without this vital brain fragment, you might never feel pain again.
Pons
Dendrites connecting to the synapses of these important cells are what allow electrical signals to travel throughout your body.
Neurons
The part of the brain stem which acts as a switchboard, routing signals to and from your brain.
Thalamus
The failure of this important brain segment can cause all your senses to be depleted
Parietal Lobe
Without proper nourishment, this gland can stunt a child's growth.
Pituitary Gland
Alzheimer's, a common cause of dementia, affects the memory of it's victims by shrinking this part of the brain.
Hippocampus
Making sense of the world around you is the primary function of this important lobe.
Temporal Lobe
After ceasing to take a specific substance, the amygdala will signal your brain to unhealthily crave that substance.
Withdrawal
A head injury to this core of the brain could cause dystonia, muscle tremors, or even vertigo.
Cerebellum
From the moment of birth, the hypothalamus regulates the body's internal conditions.
Homeostasis
Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga famously cut this brain piece, preventing signals to cross into the other half of the brain.
Corpus Collosum