brain Flashcards
reticular formation
keeps you alive and awake, if severed you fall into a coma
cerebellum
small brain, balance and coordination, skill memory, natural instinct
thalamus bulb
sensory information (except smell)
hippocampus
memory
amygdala
emotion, mostly fear and aggression
hypothalamus
hunger, homeostasis
corpus callosum
connects hemispheres
frontal lobe
speaking, muscle movements, judgement
parietal lobe
sensory input for touch, body position, balance
temporal lobe
auditory, understanding of words, parts over left and right side
ocipital lobe
visual
motor cortex
frontal lobe, voluntary movement
somasensory cortex
receives the info from skin and sense organs
brocas area
left side of brain, front
language production
wernickes area
left side of brain, back
language cognition