Parts of a brain

  • Cerebrum
    • coordinates the sections of the brain
  • Cerebral cortex
    • Interprets and initiates sensation
    • high thought process
    • voluntary movement
  • Frontal lobe/prefrontal area
    • planning
    • reasoning
    • critical thinking
  • Diencephalon
    • hypothalamus
    • homeostasis
    • hunger, sleep, thirst, body temp, water
    • controls pituitary gland
    • thalamus
    • receives info from senses
      • eyes, ears, skin
    • receives infro from cranial nerves
    • sends info to cerebrum
    • Pineal/pituitary glands
    • Corpus callosum
    • seonsory message goes from right to left side of brain
    • motor functions
    • memory
    • emotion
  • Cerebellum
    • receives input about body position /where they should be located
    • learn motor skills
  • Brainstem
    • Pons
    • breath
    • midbrain
    • reflexes
    • Medulla Oblongatta
    • keeps u alive
    • heartbeat, breath, blood pressure
    • vomit, caugh etc
    • connects brain to spinal cord
  • Limbic System
    • Emotions, learning, and memory
    • Hippocampus
    • memory (working, short, long)
    • Amygdala
    • Puts emotions to memory
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