What does what in the Brain
midbrain
A small part of the brain above the pons that integrates sensory information and relays it upward.
Cerebellum
Balance and coordination
Broca's area
Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
frontal lobe
Moving muscle, speech, and higher thinking
medulla oblongata
Part of the brainstem that controls vital life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion.
corpus callosum
a broad band of nerve fibers joining the two hemispheres of the brain.
reticular formation
a nerve network that travels through the brainstem and thalamus and plays an important role in controlling arousal, motor sensory
Hypothalamus
a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs eating, drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion
thalamus
central relay center, wakefulness
cerebral peduncles
contain pyramidal motor tracts
parietal
feeling & taste
Primary motor area
frontal- moving muscles
primary sensory areas
higher reasoning
anterior association area
in frontal lobe, also called prefrontal cortex; the most complicated cortical region of all; involved with intellect, complex learning abilities, recall, and personality; contains working memory needed for judgment, reasoning, persistence, and conscience; development depends on feedback from social enviornment
Hippocampus
memory
limbic system
neural system located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and drives
Pons
sleep and arousal
temporal
smell, auditory- remembering songs, visual scenes, faces
auditory association area
stores memories of sounds and permits perception of sounds
Diencephalon
thalamus and hypothalamus
Amygdala
two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to emotion.
occipital
vision