Ch.2: Human Brain Flashcards
Limbic system structure, responsible for regulations drives (sex,thirst,hunger,etc) helps govern endocrine system. Linked to emotion and reward
Hypothalamus
Influences aggression and fear
Amygdala
Responsible for transmitting information between brain and rest of body. Simple reflexes
Spinal cord
Involved in respiration, movement, walking, sleep, dreaming
Pons
Responsible for automatic survival functions and for arousal. Awake & alert
Brain stem
Responsible for vital automatic functions. Respiration, heartbeat
Medulla
Coordinates voluntary muscle movement, balance, and some perception and cognition
Cerebellum
Brains sensory switchboard
Thalamus
Thin outer layer responsible for most complex behaviors and higher mental processes
Cerebral cortex
Structure involved in memory
Hippocampus
What does the forebrain include?
Thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and cerebral cortex
What is the function of the limbic system?
Emotions, drives, and memory
What does the hindbrain include?
Medulla, pons, and cerebellum
Which part of the brain helps us orient our eye & body movements to visual and auditory stimuli?
Midbrain
Thick bands of axons, connecting and carrying messages between two hemispheres
Corpus callous
Which lobe, receives and coordinates messages from other loves. Motor control, speech production and higher functions?
Frontal lobe
Broca’s area controls?
Speech and production
Which lobe is in charge of hearing, language comprehension and emotional control. Auditory cortex.
Temporal lobe
What is wernicks area involved in?
Language comphrehension
Which lobe is Responsible for vision and visual perception
Occipital lobe
Which lobe receives and interpret bodily sensations?
Parietal lobe
In charge of voluntary movement
Motor cortex
Receives sensory messages
Somatosensory cortex
Which lobe, receives and coordinates messages from other loves. Motor control, speech production and higher functions?
Frontal lobe
