Parts Of The Brain Flashcards
Frontal Lobe
Motor Cortex
Plans and executes voluntary movements
Frontal Lobe
Basal Ganglia
Smooths movement generated by motor cortex
Frontal Lobe
Broca’s area
Controls speech, adds grammar
Frontal Lobe
Prefrontal cortex
Involved in planning, impulse control
Parietal lobe
Somatosensory cortex
Projection area for body senses
Parietal lobe
Association area
Location of body and objects in space
Temporal lobe
Auditory cortex
Projection area for auditory information
Wernicke’s area
Language area involved with meaning
Temporal love
Inferior temporal cortex
Visual identification of objects
Occipital lobe
Primary visual cortex
Projection area for visual information
Occipital lobe
Visual association cortex
Processes components of visual information
Corpus callosum
Communication between the hemispheres
Ventricles
Contain cerebrospinal fluid
Thalamus
Relays sensory information to cortex
Hypothalamus
Coordinates emotional and motivational functions
Pineal Gland
Controls daily and seasonal rhythms
Midbrain - Superior colliculi
Role in vision - for example eye movements
Midbrain - Inferior colliculi
Role in hearing, such as sound location
Midbrain - Substantial nigra
Integrates movement
Midbrain - Ventral tegmental area
Contributes to rewarding effects of food sex and drugs
Hindbrain - Medulla
Reflexively controls life processes
Hindbrain - Pons
Contains centers related to sleep and arousal
Hindbrain - Reticular formation
Involved with sleep, arousal, attention and some motor functions
Hindbrain - Cerebellum
Controls speed, intensity, and direction of movements
