Brain Areas

Primary Motor Cortex

frontal lobe, voluntary movements

Brocas Area

frontal lobe, speech

Olfactory bulb

frontal lobe, odor perception

primary somatosensory cortex

parietal lobe, processing sensory info

primary auditory cortex

temporal lobe, receive and process auditory signals

post central gyrus

parietal lobe, sensory

somatosensory association cortex

parietal lobe, processing

Wernicke's area

temporal lobe, language comprehension

primary visual cortex

occipital lobe, receive and process signals

visual association area

occipital lobe. interprets visual info

dicephelon

hypothalamus, thalamus, epithalamus, subthalamus
Homeostatic control

cerebrum

Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body (lobes of brain)

brainstem

pons, medulla, midbrain
autonomic/reflex center

cerebellum

coordination of movement, posture

hippocampus

memory

amygdala

emotion

epithalamus

pineal gland --> sleep, energy (secretes melatonin)

thalamus

final relay for all senses

hypothalamus

homeostasis (ANS, endocrine, temp, emotion, food and water intake, sleep)

brain stem

midbrain, pons, medulla

midbrain

senses, motor, vision, hearing, alertness

cerebral peduncles

contain fibers that carry motor output from cerebrum to other regions of CNS

corpora quadrigemina

superior and inferior colliculi

superior colliculi

visual reflexes

inferior colliculi

auditory reflexes

pons

unconcious processes

medulla

controls heartbeat and breathing