Neurological System Flashcards
Temperature, taste, and touch. Visual perception and language.
Parietal Lobe
Problem solving, decision making, Personality, Behavior.
Frontal Lobe
Vision and image interpretation
Occipital Lobe
Posture, balance, Coordination, speech.
Cerebellum
Auditory Inter. , Memories, Language comp.
Temporal lobe
Heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, sleep.
Brain stem
— Logical reasoning
— Analytical Processing
— Language skills
Left Hemisphere
Sense of direction, creativity, and emotional processing
Right Hemisphere
What is the largest part of the human brain that is divided into hemispheres of four lobes?
Cerebrum
Responsible for motor control, habit, formation, and decision making
Basal ganglia
Controls things like body temperature, hunger, thirst, sleep, and mood.
Hypothalamus
Master, endocrine gland
Motor movement, Particulary movement in eyes.
Midbrain
Message station between cortex and Cerebellum, regulating sleep and arousal.
Pons
AxonFibers connecting the two hemispheres.
Corpus Callosum
Relays Messages between lower brain and cerebral cortex
Thalamus
Acts as the major output tract of the Hippocampus
Fornix
Hippocampus
Memory and Learning (new memories)
Key role in emotions, fear and stress.
Amygdala