The Hindbrain
This structure regulates heart rate; blood pressure; and respiration.
Referred to as the "Life-support" center of the brain.
Located at the base of the brain stem.
What is the Medulla?
Located at the very front of the brain.
This structure is the center for judgment, logic, and making plans. It helps control muscle movement and speaking.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
This structure is located in the Limbic System.
Associated with emotion, anger, fear, and aggression. Attached to the Hippocampus.
What is the Amygdala?
This structure is located behind the Frontal Lobe.
Controls voluntary muscle movement.
What is the Motor Cortex?
This structure regulates your sleep cycles, and coordinates movement and facial expression (yawning, rolling your eyes, making a sour face).
What is the Pons?
Receives and processes sensory information from your eyes.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
This structure is located in the Hindbrain.
It functions as the body's master gland and controls other glands in your hormone system. Also regulates growth.
What is the Pituitary Gland?
Located in front of the Occipital Lobe.
Linked to mathematical and spatial reasoning.
Receives sensory information for touch and body position; helps your body awareness.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
What is the Thalamus?
Located on the sides of your brain; near your ears.
Processes information related to sound and hearing.
What is the Temporal Lobe?
This part of the brain is located in the Hindbrain at the back of the brain.
Helps maintain balance and coordination.
Stores procedural memory, or Muscle Memory like swinging a bat/tying your shoe.
What is the Cerebellum?
This structure is part of the Temporal Lobe.
Responsible for the understanding and comprehension of written and spoken language.
What is Wernicke's Area?
What is the Corpus Callosum?
This structure is part of the Frontal Lobe.
Controls the production of language.
What is Broca's Area?
This structure processes and stores explicit memories like dates and events.
Birthday parties, Christopher Colombus, a Hippo on Campus.
The average weight of the human brain.
What is 3 lbs?
The "hormonal teenager" of the brain.
Monitors and regulates hunger, thirst, temperature, sexual drive.
Is constantly in communication with your hormone system.
What is the Hypothalamus?
This structure is part of the Parietal Lobe.
Registers and processes all incoming touch and movement sensations.
What is the Somatosensory Cortex?
This structure is located INSIDE of the Brain Stem.
Helps filter incoming stimuli and information by priority of importance.
(Texting while listening to Mr. Lewis)
What is the Reticular Formation?
(Also Reticular Activating System).
This structure accounts for over 80% of the brain's total mass.
Responsible for higher cognition.
What is the cerebral cortex?