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Inner Brain
Areas of the Cortex
Areas of the Lobes
100
Four interconnected chambers within the brain that produce and store Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF)
What are Ventricles?
100
Responsible for the formation of language/speech.
What is Broca's Area?
100
This lobe controls responses to complex problems through reasoning, judgement, decision making and planning.
What is Frontal Lobe
200
It plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis by regulating thirst, hunger, blood pressure, body temperature and glandular secretions.
What is Hypothalamus?
200
Receives information related to smell.
What is Olfactory Cortex?
200
This lobe regulates memory creation, memory storage, emotions, hearing, and on the left lobe, understanding language
What is Temporal Lobe?
300
The part of the brain where the right and left optic nerves cross.
What is Optic Chiasm?
300
Receives information related to taste.
What is Gustatory Cortex?
300
This lobe receives and processes visual information (light, color, movement) and then sends it to other parts of the brain for processing and storage.
What is Occipital Lobe?
400
Also called the “master gland”, it secretes nine hormones that have important roles in the body.
What is Pituitary Gland?
400
Complex processing of visual information.
What is Visual Cortex?
400
This lobe receives and processes somatosensory information (pain, pressure and touch) from the body to create a map of the body’s position in space
What is Parietal Lobe?
500
Controls vital bodily functions like breathing and heartbeat.
What is Medulla Oblongata?
500
Responsible for the interpretation of language/speech.
What is Wernicke's Area?
500
This lobe evolved most recently and is the last to fully develop in young adulthood.
What is Frontal Lobe?