Brain Functions and Locations

Frontal Lobe

reasoning, motor control, emotion, language

FL: Motor Cortex

planned and coordinated movement

FL: Prefrontal Cortex

higher level cognitive functioning, controlling behavior, intellectual ability, memory

FL: Broca’s Area

language production

Pariteal Lobe

processing information from body’s senses

PL: Somatosensory Cortex

process information from sensory receptors on skin (temperature, pain) and proprioceptors in muscle

Temporal Lobe

Involved in hearing, memory, emotion, and some language

TL: Auditory Cortex

processes auditory Information

TL: Wernicke’s Area

speech comprehension

Occipital Lobe

Visual processing center

OL: Primary Visual Cortex

interpret visual information

Cerebellum

Receives information from sensory system and coordinates voluntary movement

Gray Matter

cell bodies and short non-myelinated neurons

White Matter

myelinated and non-myelinated axons

Choroid Plexus

Produces Cerebral Spinal Fluid

Cerebral Spinal Fluid

bathes brain and spinal cord, provides protection and flows through ventricles and is reabsorbed