Select, organize, and integrate visual info
What is the Occipital lobe?
“Master” gland
Produce and release hormones
What is the pituitary gland?
The brain stem connects which parts of the Central Nervous System
What is the spinal cord to the brain?
information from four senses is sent here first
What is the thalamus?
T/F -The brain named itself.
What is True?
What is the temporal lobe?
Activated with emotions; specifically fear and anger
what is the amygdala?
The brain stem is comprised of this many regions
What is three?
"little brain"
What is the cerebellum?
The two divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System
HUGE importance in integrating sensory information including touch, temperature, pain, and pain
What is the parietal lobe?
Helps coordinate autonomic nervous system by commanding the pitutary gland
What is the hypothalamus?
The brain stem is critical for what type of functions?
what is primitive functions? (breathing, sleep, eating)
The area associated with sensing the pressure on your skin
What is the parietal lobe's somatosensory cortex?
The brain hemisphere associated with logical thinking
What is the left hemisphere?
processing auditory information and encoding memories
what is the temporal lobe
damage this and you will struggle encoding new memories
what is the hippocampus?
This region handles the unconscious processes
What is pons?
This region of the brain helps coordinate voluntary movement, balance, and coordination
What is cerebellum?
Why is the brain wrinkled?
What is to fit within the skull space?
The four lobes are considered what generally?
What is the cerebrum?
Name the four main parts of the limbic system
What is the pituitary gland, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and the amygdala?
From superior to inferior (top to bottom), label the brain stem regions
What is the midbrain (thalamus), pons, medulla oblongota?
What does FMSPOT stand for?
What is frontal, motor, sensory, parietal, occipital, temporal
Where did Shante receive her college degrees from?
What is Minnesota State University, Mankato?