Parts of the Brain Flashcards
Frontal lobe
- Thought processes
- Behavior
- Personality
- Emotion
Precentral gyrus
Voluntary motor movement
Postcentral gyrus
Processing of sensory info related to heat, cold, and touch.
Parietal Lobe
- Body sensation
- Visual and spatial perception
Occipital Lobe
Vision
Temporal Lobe
- Hearing
- Understanding speech
- Language
Cerebellum
- Planning and control of skilled movements
- Posture
- Balance
- Coordination of sensory info relating to body position and movement.
Corpus Callosum
White matter connecting the two hemispheres
Basal Nuclei
Integration and regulation of conscious motor control, especially posture, walking, and other repetitive movements.
Thalamus
- Crude sensation
- Coordination of sensory information
- Emotional responses to sensory information
- Arousal
- General processing of information to and from the
cerebrum
Hypothalamus
Integration and coordination of:
- Autonomic reflexes
- Hormonal functions
- Arousal
- Appetite
- Thermoregulation
Pineal gland
Produces melatonin, a timekeeping hormone, as part of the body’s biological clock.
Pituitary gland
Produces hormones that regulate metabolism, growth, reproduction, and other bodily functions and processes.
Pons
- Integration of numerous autonomic reflexes
mediated by CN V, VI, VII, and VIII - Respiration
Midbrain
Integration of numerous CN reflexes such as eye movement, pupillary reflex, and ear relfexes.