Brain Parts with Functions Flashcards
1
Q
Frontal Lobe
A
higher level thinking
2
Q
Longitudinal Fissure
A
separates hemispheres
3
Q
Motor Cortex
A
voluntary movement
4
Q
Central Sulcus
A
separates frontal lobe and parietal lobe
5
Q
Somatosensory Cortex
A
Touch
6
Q
Parietal Lobe
A
Touch
7
Q
Occipital Lobe
A
Vision
8
Q
Wernicke’s Area
A
language comprehension
9
Q
Auditory Cortex
A
Hearing
10
Q
Broca’s Area/Motor Speech
A
speech production and articulation
11
Q
Pons
A
Sleep
12
Q
Pituitary
A
produces hormones that control bodily functions
13
Q
Hypothalamus
A
basic needs (4 F’s - fighting, fleeing, feeding, fucking)
14
Q
Thalamus
A
regulates sensory information (except smell) to areas of brain where it can be processed
15
Q
Corpus Callosum
A
allows information to go between hemispheres
