Brain anatomy functions

Frontal lobe

Area responsible for muscle coordination, control, speech, and personality

Parietal lobe

Interprets sensory input such as temperature, pressure, and light touch.

Temporal lobe

Processes auditory information,Language comprihension,retrieves memoeries

Occipital lobe

Area responsible for viusal perception,association,memory

Dura mater

Protective outermost meningeal layer

Pia mater

Attaches directly to the brain and follows each gyrus and sulcus.

Gyrus

Elevated portion of the brain surface.

Sulcus

Shallow groove separating gyri.

Longitudinal fissure

Separates the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

Cerebellum

helps with balance, and equilibrium

Spinal cord

Provides a two-way conduction pathway to and from the brain

Pons

Contains nuclei involved in breathing.

Medulla oblongata

Contains fibers controlling heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, swallowing, and vomiting.

Olfactory bulb

 Area responsible for the sense of smell

Optic nerve

Nerve responsible for vision,

Optic chiasm

Area where the optic nerves from each eye cross, transmitting visual information to the brain.

Arbor vitae

Tree-like structure responsible for coordinating movement and sensory relay

Pineal gland

Produces melatonin and regulates dark/light cycle.

Pituitary gland

Regulates growth, metabolism, reproduction

Corpus callosum

Connects the cerebral hemispheres.

Lateral ventricle

Part of the CSF circulation pathway; CSF cushions the brain and spinal cord.

Thalamus

 sorts incoming sensory information

Hypothalamus

Regulates temperature,metabolism, appetite, thirst produces ADH and oxytocin.

Gray matter

Higher-level function

White matter

 Transmits nerve signals