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