This area is the largest part of the brain and manages your consciousness.
Cerebrum
This part is responsible for the comprehension of language.
Wernicke’s area
Broca’s area is responsible for the _______ of language.
Production
The bridge connecting the two brain hemispheres that allow for communication between them.
Corpus Callosum
Name and Location: This part is responsible for visual perception such as seeing colour or depth.
Occipital lobe; Located at the back of the brain
Find name and location: It is a part responsible for auditory and sensory processing, memory and emotional regulation.
Temporal lobe; Middle of the brain/below parietal lobe
This area of the brain is responsible for higher cognitive functions and is the behaviour/emotional control centre.
Frontal Lobe
Located at the top, near the back of the brain and is responsible for sensory processing and movement.
Parietal lobe
Name at least two functions of the Spinal Cord:
a)The Spinal Cord sends motor commands from the brain to the body.
b)The Spinal Cord sends sensory information from body to brain.
What produces hormones that control: body temperature, heart rate, hunger, mood.
Hypothalamus
What is responsible for muscle control, including balance, movement and coordination.
Cerebellum
In what region would damage be most likely to cut off the very breath and heartbeat of life ?
Medulla
The _____ is an egg-shaped structure in the middle of the brain that is responsible for processing motor and sensory information except for _____.
Thalamus; smell.
Which brain region is most important for memory?
Hippocampus
Pons connect?
a) brain and spinal cord
b)cerebrum and cerebellum
c)two lobes of cerebellum
A
What is the name and function of the almond-shaped structure that lies in the temporal lobe?
Amygdala; It helps regulate emotions and encode memories.
Name at least 2 functions of the spinal cord.
Sends motor commands from brain → body; sends sensory information from body → brain; manages reflexes.
What has the job to regulate behavioural arousal, consciousness and motivation.
Reticular Activating System