Brain Regions

Basal nuclei

Regulator and initiator of voluntary motor movement

Broca Area

Involved in motor aspects of speech production

Cerebellum

Coordinates voluntary movement, balance, and posture

Cerebrum

Responsible for conscious thoughts, actions, and inputs from your senses

Corpus Callosum

Bundles of white matter fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

Epithalamus

Regulates circadian rhythms and contains the pineal gland

Gyri

Raised ridges of the cerebral cortex that increase surface area

Hippocampus

Important for the consolidation of new memories

Hypothalamus

Involved in forming emotional responses and maintaining homeostasis

Inferior colliculus

Auditory processing

Medulla oblongata

Involved in voluntary autonomic functions

Primary visual cortex

Responsible for spatial and color processing; allows conscious vision

Sulci

Shallow grooves in between gyri

Superior colliculus

Visual attention and controlling eye movements

Tectum

Integrates visual and auditory information info reflexive movements

Thalamus

Integrates and relays most sensory information to the cerebral cortex

Visual association area

Enables recognition of color, objects, faces

Wernicke Area

Responsible for written and spoken language comprehension

Pons

Responsible for unconscious processes and jobs

Pineal Gland

Secretes melatonin

Diencephalon

Connects motor and sensory pathways to the cortex, regulate autonomic functions, links the nervous and endocrine systems via the hypothalamus and pineal gland