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central nervous system (CNS)
brain and spinal cord - processing center of information
peripheral nervous system (PNS)
sensory organs and nerves - takes in the info from the environment and produces a response to a stimulus
frontal lobe
thinking, planning
temporal lobe
memory and hearing
parietal lobe
perception and interpretation
occipital lobe
vision
motor cortex
movement
sensory cortex
sensations (only touch, temperature, pain and taste)
broca's area
speech production
wernicke's area
language understanding
auditory cortex
processing auditory information
sulci
valley (down)
gyri
mountain (high)
cerebellum
voluntary movement and balance
cerebrum
Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body
brain stem
Connects the brain and spinal cord (pons and medulla oblongata)
midbrain
hearing and vision
pons
breathing rate
medulla oblongata
heart rate, blood pressure, respiration
amygdala
guilt, rage and jealousy, fear (emotion)
hippocampus
long term memory
olfactory bulb
smell
pineal gland
sleeping and waking
hypothalamus
hunger, thirst, sleeping and waking
corpus callosum
connects hemispheres