Nervous System Knowt

Peripheral Nervous System

Peripheral Nervous System

Composed of all of the body’s nerves

Central Nervous System

Composed of the brain and spinal cord

Cerebrum

4 lobes of the brain (front, temporal, parietal, occipital)

Frontal Lobe

Involved in motor function, problem solving, memory, language, judgement, impulse control, and social behavior

Temporal Lobe

Involved in processing memories, integrating them with sensations of taste, sound, sight and touch and remembering faces

Receives sensory info such as sounds and comprehending meaningful speech

Parietal Lobe

Processes sensory info that has to do with taste, temp, touch

Involved with sensory info: math, spelling, manipulation of objects

Occipital Lobe

Responsible for sight

Assigns meaning to and remembers visual perceptions

Cerebellum

Means the “Little Brain” in Latin

Helps coordinate voluntary movement and balance

Nonverbal learning/memory

Brain Stem

Responsible for automatic survival functions

Controls heartbeat & breathing

Hippocampus

Memory processing

Amygdala

Fight or flight, fear, stress

Pituitary Gland

Secretes hormones into the blood, especially during puberty

Hypothalamus

Regulates hunger, thirst, body temperature, pleasure

Limbic System

The emotional brain

Midbrain, Pons, Medulla Oblongata

Parts of the brain stem

Corpus Callosum

Large bundle of tissue that connects the 2 hemispheres

Pathway of information from one side to the other

Frontal Lobe

#1

Parietal Lobe

#2

Occipital Lobe

#3

Cerebellum

#4

Brain Stem

#5

Temporal Lobe

#6

Midbrain

#1

Pons

#2

Medulla Oblongata

#3

Brain Stem

#4

Hippocampus

#5

Amygdala

#6

Pituitary Gland

#7

Hypothalamus

#8

Corpus Callosum

#9

Midbrain

Part of the brain stem that is involved in motor movement, particularly movements of the eye, and in auditory and visual processing

Pons

Part of the brain stem that is involved in the control of intensity of breathing and sleep cycles; communication between different parts of the brain; sensations such as hearing, taste, and balance

Medulla Oblongata

Part of the brain stem that is in charge of breathing and heartbeat

Memory

Our ability to encode, store, retain and subsequently recall information and past experiences; this is a BRAIN WIDE PROCESS!