Parts of the brain

Reticular Formation

Has some control over the sensory signals that reach the cerebrum and come to our attention. It is also a central role in states of consciousness like sleeping and alertness.

Right Hemisphere

In control of imagination, feelings, art, and spatial relations. Is in control of the left side of the body.

Left Hemisphere

In control of language, logic, problem solving, and math. It controls the body's right side.

Pons

One of the 3 parts of the Hindbrain. It can be found in the brainstem. It's responsible for body movement, attention, and sleep.

Frontal Lobe

One of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex. It helps with planning, organizing, judgement, memory, reasoning, impulse control, and controls our behavior and emotions. Our personality is controlled mainly by the frontal lobe. It's very susceptible to brain injury.

Limbic System

System of nerves in the brain, and controls instinct and mood. It's responsible for most our passions. Both love and hate stem from here

Hippocampus

A very important part of the Limbic System. Described as the center of emotion, memory, long-term memory to be specific, and the autonomic nervous system. It also plays a role in spatial navigation.

Pituitary Gland

Also known as the "Master Gland" is a major endocrine gland which controls growth, development, and functions of the other glands.

Corpus Callosum

An extensive band of nerves joining together the brain's two hemispheres. This neural tissue directs motor, sensory, and cognitive messages between the two sides of the brain as a way of communication.

Thalamus

With the exception of smell, contributes to controlling the motor systems of the brain that are responsible for voluntary bodily movement and coordination.

Cerebellum

Controls our balance and coordination. It's in charge of coordinating our muscle memory. It's the part of brain that allows us to progress from crawling, to walking. It is also used to process sensory input. It makes up 10% of the brain's volume, and contains at least half of the total number of neurons.

Temporal Lobe

In control of determining and processing sounds, comprehending and producing speech, and also plays a vital role in different aspects of our memory.

Auditory Cortex

Is found in the temporal lobes, and receives information from the ears

Amygdala

It is a key role in understanding and responding to emotions. It helps to differentiate between emotions, and also plays a in role in the control aggression.

Visual Cortex

Can be found in the occipital lobes in the back of the brain. It receives information from the eyes

Broca's Area

It can be found in the left side of the brain, and is used in the production of language. It controls speech muscles using the motor cortex. One with damage to this area has a hard time finding words, but is aware of their problem at the same time.

Hypothalamus

It is responsible for hormone production which controls mood, body temperature, sex drive, release of hormones in the body and much more. It regulates primary functions.

Brainstem

It regulates many of the basic functions for living like heart beat, sleeping, swallowing, blood pressure, breathing. It also allows information to be sent from the brain to nerves.

Motor Cortex

It's found in the rear of the frontal lobe. It's in charge of our motor functions also known as our voluntary movements which are movements like flexing a bicep

Parietal Lobe

Receives sensory information, like touch, if something is too hot or too cold, and movement, from the whole body. It's used in determining spatial sense, and navigation. The left parietal lobe is involved in language and mathematic functions. The right lobe is able to comprehend images, and interpret maps, which falls under spatial navigation.

Wernicke'sArea

Responsible for speech comprehension, and can be found in the left temporal lobe. With damage to this area it's difficult to understand and produce speech. They're unaware of their problem.

Medulla

Sends information to and from the spinal cord and thalamus in the brain, and controls involuntary functions such as heartbeat, breathing, digestion, sneezing, and swallowing.

Occipital Lobe

The smallest of the four lobes. It's responsible for our vision by receiving, and interpreting directions from our eyes. Some areas help distinguish between the various shapes and colors. It contains most of the visual cortex.

Angular Gyru

This can be found in the parietal lobe. It's involved in a number of processes including number processing, spatial awareness, memory retrieval, attention, and formation of language.

Sensory Cortex

This part of the brain registers, and comprehends the information it receives from skin senses and movements of the body. An example of the sensory cortex at work would be if someone is lying down, their nose starts to itch, so they itch it.