Motor and Sensory Areas Flashcards
Motor
voluntary movements of skeletal muscle
coordinates movement
speech
voluntary movement of eyes
Sensory
receives information from sensory receptors
integrates sensory inputs
visual association area
Olfactory (sensory)
smell
Vestibular (sensory)
balance
Gustatory (sensory)
taste
Visceral (sensory)
stomach pain
Ganglia
Emotion
- movement
- cognition
Diencephalon includes…function of…
thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus
coordinating with the endocrine system to release hormones, relaying sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex, and regulating circadian rhythms
Thalamus
location/function
hidden in core of brain (Easter egg)
emotion
memory
Hypothalamus
endocrine system function
temperature
hunger
water balance
thirst
Epithalamus
pineal gland
secretes melatonin
regulates sleep