Brain Flashcards
Frontal lobe
The motor area that controls voluntary muscles
Parietal lobe
Is a sensory area that receives an interpreter messages from Payne, touch, Heath am call receptors and helps in determining distance, size, and shapes.
Occipital lobe
Visual area controlling eye sight
Temporal lobe
Holds the auditory and olfactory areas
Limbic lobe
Influences instinctive behavior that relate to survival
Cerebrum
Is the largest and highest part of the brain; it is a layer of gray matter that covers the upper and lower surfaces and is divided into two hemispheres
Brain
Is in the cranial cavity and is protected by the and meninges. It is divided into white and gray matter
Dura mater
Outer covering of the brain and spinal cord
Arachnoid mater
Middle layer