lobes/ main parts of the brain Flashcards
Frontal Lobe
Organization, planning, thinking, decision making, feelings of trust, self-control, and personality
Motor Cortex
Broca’s Area
Parietal Lobe
Touch, pain, temperature, taste
contains somatosensory cortex
Occipotal Lobe
primary visual cortex
Temporal Lobe
Hearing, memory, emotion, and speech
Primary Auditory Cortex
Wernicke’s Area
hypothalamus
controls endocrine system, basic maintenance functions
hippocampus
memory, learning & smell
amygdala
controls emotions like fear and anger, as well as smell (olfactory bulb)
pons
facial expression, unconscious jobs, connects spinal cord
thalamus
relays sensory and motor information
medulla
controls vital reflexes
reticular formation
sleep-wake cycle and consciousness
cerebellum
coordination, posture and motion of individual muscles and ear
