General Brain Anatomy

how many lobes does the cerebrum have?

4

what are the lobes of cerebrum?

-frontal

-parietal

-temporal

-occipital

fx:

cerebrum

• Thinking

• Memory

• Emotions

• Voluntary movement (like walking or waving)

• Sensory processing (like seeing, hearing, and feeling)

fx:

parietal lobe (4)

-Touch

-P

-Pain

-Spatial awareness

fx:

frontal lobe (5)

-Thinking

-planning

-speaking

-movement

-personality

fx:

temporal lobe

-hearing

-language

-memory

fx:

occipital lobe

-vision

what are the major parts of the brain? (7)

-cerebrum

-cerebellum

-brain stem

-diencephalon

-ventricles, CSF

-limbic system

-meninges

what are the (3) major divisions of the brain?

-forebrain

-midbrain

-hindbrain

development of forebrain

prosencephalon → telencephalon & diencephalon

development of midbrain

mesencephalon → mesencephalon

development of hindbrain

rhombencephalon → metencephalon & myelencephalon

basic divisions:

forebrain

-telecephalon

-diencephalon

basic divisions:

telencephalon

(fore)

-cerebrum

-basal nuclei

-limbic system

basic divisions:

diencephalon

(fore)

-epithalamus

-thalamus

-hypothalamus

basic divisions:

mesencephalon

-tectum

-tegmentum

-cerebral crus

basic divisions:

midbrain

mesencephalon

basic divisions:

hindbrain

-metencephalon

-myelencephalon

basic divisions:

metencephalon

-pons

-cerebellum

basic divisions:

myelenchephalon

-medulla oblongata