Parts Of The Brain And The Functions Flashcards
Functions of the pons
Sleep and arousal
What is the hindbrain
The part of the brain that consists of pons cerebellum and medulla oblongata
Medulla oblongata function
Breathing and reflexes
Cerebellum
Motor coordination
Cerebral cortex function
Think learn consciousness
Amygdala
Fear and discrimination of objects
Hippocampus
Involved in memory
Hypothalamus (instinct)
Eating drinking sex (lust and gluttonous part) (instinct)
Pituitary gland
Regulates glands and controls bodily growth and horomones
Thalamus
Relays information to the brain
Limbic system
Houses amygdala and hippocampus
Basal ganglia
Works with cerebral cortex and cerebellum to control and coordinate movements
list parts of the Forebrain
Include cerebral cortex basal ganglia and limbic system
Occipital
Allows us to view the world
Temporal
Hearing, language processing, and memory
Frontal
Personality thinking,reasoning and self control
(P)arietal
Attention motor control and registering spatial location
Broca’s area
Speech production
Wernicke area
language comprehension
Somatosensory cortex
Processes information from bodily functions
Motor cortex
Processes information from voluntary movements
Left hemisphere
Deals with most of the language processing
Right hemisphere
Deals with non verbal information like emotions spatial perception and visual recognition
Substantia nigra
Controls unconscious movements
