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Frontal Lobe
Contains premotor and primary motor areas.
Frontal Lobe
Contains Broca’s area for language
Parietal lobe
Sense of touch is located here.
Parietal lobe
Higher-level processes for math and problem solving are also located here.
Temporal lobe
Sense of hearing is located here.
Temporal lobe
Contains Wernicke’s area for language
Occipital lobe
Sense of vision is located here.
Insula
Not much is known.
Thalamus
Switching station for incoming sensory messages and sends message to appropriate lobe of the cerebrum
Hypothalamus
Monitoring station for maintaining homeostasis, regulates temperature
and performs autonomic and endocrine functions
Midbrain
Appears as a hook and has colliculi for vision and hearing.
Pons
Appears as a bulge between the midbrain and the cerebellum and serves as a bridge to the cerebellum for efferent motor messages
Medulla oblongata
Most inferior part of the brainstem.
Medulla oblongata
Motor messages cross sides at the pyramids.
Medulla oblongata
Contains centers to regulate heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and blood vessel diameter
Reticular formation
Groups of cell bodies located throughout the brainstem
Reticular formation
Determines if sensory messages will be consciously perceived by the
cerebrum.
Reticular formation
Responsible for sleep-wake cycle
Brainstem
Located in the cranial cavity inferior to the diencephalon and anterior to the cerebellum
Brainstem
All parts include tracts (bundles of nerve fibers) of neurons traveling to and from the spinal cord.
Diencephalon
Located deep to the cerebrum
Cerebrum
Largest subdivision, divided into two hemispheres
Cerebrum
Characterized by gyri and sulci
