Lobes of the Brain
Receives and processes sensory signals from the skin, muscles, joints, and internal organs
Parietal lobe
what plans, controls, and executes voluntary movements by sending signals to the muscles
Motor cortex!
What hemisphere processes language?
Left Hemisphere
Processing emotions, particularly fear and anxiety
Amygdala
The human brain can weigh up to 13 pounds
False! The average brain is about 3 pounds fully grown
Visual information
Occipital lobe
This involves processing and interpreting sensory information from the body
Somatosensory cortex
Controls movements on the left side of the body
Right Hemisphere
Taking new information and transferring it from short-term to long-term memory storage
Hippocampus
The human brain is ~75% water
True! The other 25% is fat and protien
responsible for motor skills and decision making
The Frontal Lobe
used in language production and processing
Broca’s Area
If you're writing with your right hand, what hemisphere of your brain are you using?
Left hemisphere
Receives sensory signals from all parts of the body, except for smell
Thalamus
The human brain has 500 billion neurons fully developed.
False! A developing brain has 500 billion, but a fully developed one has "only" 86 billion.
Receiving, interpreting, and understanding sounds
Temporal lobe
Wernicke’s area
A thick band of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain
Corpus Callosum
Produces and releases hormones such as oxytocin
Hypothalamus
The brain uses an entire 20% of the human body's energy
True! That is a lot proportional to its size!
Which lobe of the brain is mainly responsible for processing sensory information such as pain, touch, and temperature?
Parietal Lobe
coordinates and regulates body movements
Cerebellum
The Corpus Callosum can be severed in surgery to stop what?
Seizures
Growth and Development
Pituitary gland
The brain has 0 pain receptors, meaning touching does not hurt
True! You can't even feel if it is being actively touched.