Parts of brain Flashcards
1
Q
Frontal lobe location
A
front of head
2
Q
Parietal lobe location
A
middle/back of head (headband area)
3
Q
Occipital lobe location
A
back of head
directly behind eyes
4
Q
Temporal lobe location
A
Ears
5
Q
Cerebellum location
A
Under temporal and occipital
above brain stem
6
Q
Frontal lobe function
A
thinking (decision making, impulse control, planning)
7
Q
Parietal lobe function
A
motion, senses
8
Q
Occipital lobe function
A
visual processing
9
Q
Temporal lobe function
A
Listening/auditory processing, some visual, where hippocampus is (memory)
10
Q
Cerebellum function
A
coordination
11
Q
Limbic system
A
complex system of parts within brain
emotion and behavioral responses
12
Q
Amygdala
A
Emotion and memory
13
Q
Hippocampus
A
Long term memory
14
Q
Thalamus
A
connecter btw brain lobes, whole body systems (sleep)
15
Q
Brain stem
A
involuntary actions
