final exam mod 3 Flashcards
Brocas area
devising a plan for speaking and passing that plan along to the motor cortex
motor cortex
involved in planning, controling, and exhacuting all voluntary movements.
Wernickes area
involved in compreheshion of speech
Right hemishpere abilities
art awareness, creativity, imagination,intuition, insight, holistic thought, music awarness, 3-D forms, left body control
Left hemisphere abilities
analytic thought, logic, language, reasoning, science and math, numbers, right body control
Cerebellum
Involved in coordination of movements but not initiating them. involved in promoting reflexes
Endocrine system
sends messages to glands, organs etc.
frontal lobe
the front-most part of the brain. in charge of planning, paying attention, remembering, organizing and thinking. holds motor cortex
medulla
controls the vital functions of the body like heartbeat and breathing