Parts of the Brain

Personality, Problem Solving, Planning, Decision Making, Emotional Control, some speech

Personality, Problem Solving, Planning, Decision Making, Emotional Control, some speech

Frontal lobe

Hearing, Memory, Speech

Temporal lobe

Sensation, Taste, Touch, Movement

Parietal lobe

Vision

Ocipital lobe

Balance, Movement, Posture

Cerebellum

Primary Motor Cortex

Muscular Control, Coordination, located in the frontal lobe

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Sense of Touch, located in the parietal lobe

Frontal Lobe

Label A

Parietal Lobe

Label B

Occipital Lobe

Label C

Cerebellum

Label D

Temporal Lobe

Label G

Brain stem

F and E

Cerebrum

all the lobes of the brain

Corpus Callosum

joins the two hemispheres

right hemisphere

associated with creativity, imagination, music, and spatial awareness

left hemisphere

associated with logic, reason, numbers, and science abilities

cerebral cortex

the outer layer of the cerebrum; wrinkly part composed of gray matter

myelin sheath

part of the neuron which surrounds the axon

dendrites

part of the neuron which receives information

axon

long stem of the neuron

synaptic terminal

part of the neuron which sends out information

nucleus

located in the center of the cell body

RAS (reticular activating system)

regulates level of wakefulness or arousal

medulla oblongata

Part of the brainstem that controls vital life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion.

pons

A brain structure that relays information from the cerebellum to the rest of the brain

brain stem

Connects the brain and spinal cord

neurons

Individual cells in the nervous system that receive, integrate, and transmit information.