Split Brain
The hemisphere that controls the right side of the body
What is the left hemisphere?
The part of the lobe that is responsible for processing hearing
What is the Temporal Lobe?
Area responsible for processing emotions
What is the amygdala?
These structures make up the hindbrain area
What is the cerebellum, medulla, pons, and spinal cord?
fatty substance covering the axon that helps speed the neural impulses traveling on it
What is the myelin sheath?
The hemisphere that controls the left side of the body.
The lobe involved in processing visual information
What is the Occipital lobe?
The Thalamus is structure that all senses are routed through and sent on to other areas of the brain because of this its nickname is
What is the Manager?
This structure is responsible for controlling breathing, blood pressure and heart rate
part of the neuron that receives sensory information from nearby neurons.
What are dendrites?
The bundle of nerve fibers that allows the left and right hemispheres to communicate.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
The lobe involved in processing audio information
Structure that regulates bodily functions such as temperature, appetite and blood pressure
What is the Hypothalamus?
Structure responsible for connecting brain to spinal cord. Name is Latin for "little bridge"
What is the pons?
part of the neuron that is the life support center
What is the cell body?
People who are called more "left-brained" are typically better at these two subjects
The part of the lobe that is responsible for higher functioning (e.g., planning, logical and reasoning).
What is the frontal lobe?
Area in the brain whose name is Latin means "black substance"
What is Substania Nigra?
Area in the brain known as "Little Brain" that's main role is to monitor and regulate motor behavior, particularly balance.
What is the Cerebellum?
part that carries the signals/messages to other neurons
What is the Axon?
People who are called "right brained" are typically better at skills such as
What is art, intuition, creativity, imagination?
What is the parietal lobe?
Areas in the brain that contain cell bodies that produce dopamine and both structures play a critical role in movement
What is Ventral tegmental area (VTA and Substania nigra?
Part of the brain involved in memory and learning
What is the Hippocampus?
part that provides energy for the neuron to carry out its functions
What is the nucleus?