Brain Flashcards
site for intelligence, learning, and judgment, voluntary muscle control, storing information of memory, personality.
Cerebrum
what 4 lobes does the cerebrum control?
frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital
concentration, planning, problem solving
Frontal Lobe
understanding speech, using words
Parietal Lobe
interpretation of sensory stimuli, memory of visual and auditory patterns
Temporal Lobe
visual interpretations, combining visual images with recognition
Occipital Lobe
communicates with other parts of the central nervous system, interprets sensory information from the limbs, coordinates complex muscular movements, helps maintain posture.
Cerebellum
Connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord
Brain Stem
contains reflex centers, visual reflexes, auditory reflex centers
midbrain
transmits impulses to and from medulla oblongata, and cerebrum, relays messages from peripheral nerves to higher brain centers.
pons
control vital functions
medulla oblongata