2.5 PB Flashcards
The top part of the brain.
Cerebrum
The front part of the brain.
Frontal Lobe
Large part of the brain.
Frontal Lobe
Controls eye movement.
Frontal Lobe
Important for speech
Frontal Lobe
Knows as the “control panel” of our personality due to its importance for out ability to communicate.
Frontal Lobe
Located near the center of the brain.
Parietal Lobe
Receive messages from the skin:warm, cold, pain, touch
Partial Lobe
Let’s us judge size, distance, and shape
Partial Lobe
understands math problems and language
Partial Lobe
interprets information from the ears (hearing) and nose (smell)
Temporal Lobe
Where long term memories are stored
Temporal Lobe
Receives information from the eyes
occipital lobe
interprets things like color
occipital lobe
located at the top of the brain stem
cerebellum
receives information from the spinal cord and the body
cerebellum
regulates movements, posture,balance and coordination.
cerebellum
10% o the brain’s weight, but has 50% of the brain’s neurons.
cerebellum
connects the brain to the spinal cord
brain stem
in charge of the involuntary muscels
brain stem
controls the body’s tempature
hypothalamus
when the body’s cold, it tells the body to shiver
hypothalamus
when the body is hot, it tells the body to sweat
hypothalamus
the size of a pea
pituitary gland
produces and releases hormones for your body
pituitary gland
these hormones trigger metabolism,growth, and puberty
pituitary gland
