Brain Parts

Reticular formation

________: controls arousal and alertness and is a nerve network that travels through the brainstem and thalamus.

Amygdala

________: two lima- bean- sized neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to emotion.

Right Hemisphere

perceptual tasks, making inferences, processing speech (tone), orchestrating our sense of self, recognizing faces.

Corpus callosum

________: the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them.

Medulla

________: the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing.

Cerebellum

________: coordinates fine motor movements, balance, and nonverbal learning and memory.

Hippocampus

________: processes conscious memories.

Left Hemisphere

reading, writing, speaking speech, certain arithmetic reasoning, calculating quick /literal interpretations of language.

Thalamus

________: the brain's sensory control center, located on top of the brainstem; controls all senses except smell.

Hypothalamus

________: talks to the pituitary gland.

Frontal lobes

________: involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments.

Pons

________: coordinate movements including facial expressions.

Cerebral cortex

________: the intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body's ultimate control and information- processing center.

Parietal lobes

________: receives sensory input for touch and body position.

Somatosensory cortex

________: processes body touch and movement sensations (parietal lobes)

Hypothalamus

talks to the pituitary gland

left hemisphere

reading, writing, speaking speech, certain arithmetic reasoning, calculating quick /literal interpretations of language

Right hemisphere

perceptual tasks, making inferences, processing speech (tone), orchestrating our sense of self, recognizing faces

Pons

coordinate movements including facial expressions

medulla

the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing

thalamus

the brain's sensory control center, located on top of the brainstem; controls all senses except smell

reticular formation

controls arousal and alertness and is a nerve network that travels through the brainstem and thalamus

cerebellum

coordinates fine motor movements, balance, and nonverbal learning and memory

cerebral cortex

the intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body's ultimate control and information-processing center

frontal lobes

involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments

parietal lobes

receives sensory input for touch and body position

occipital lobes

includes areas that receive information from the visual fields

temporal lobes

includes the auditory areas, each receiving information primarily from the opposite ear

motor cortex

controls voluntary movements (frontal lobes)

somatosensory cortex

processes body touch and movement sensations (parietal lobes)

corpus callosum

the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

Hippocampus

processes conscious memories

Wernicke's area

helps understand language

Brocas area

speaking