Unit 3/Parenting Flashcards
Frontal Lobe
THINKING
-Decisions
-Impulse Control
-Planning
-Problem Solving
Parietal Lobe
SENSING
-Sensory Impulses
-Perceiving space and surrounding
Temporal Lobe
LISTENING
-Processes sound
-Forms memories and emotions
-Expels speech
Occipital Lobe
PERCIEVING
-Interprets visual information
-Helps spacial reasoning
-Helps indicate sizes, distances and shape recognition
Meninges
Inner Protective Layer
Hypothalamus
- Manages body temperature
-Keeps body aware of hunger and thirst needs
Pituitary Glands
Releases hormones that stimulate other glands
Adrenal Gland
Controls Stress
Thyroid Gland
Controls Metabolism
Ovaries
Control Estrogen
Amygdala
-Controls smell
-Triggers FEAR and ANGER
Pons
-Part of brain stem
-Helps processing of sensory
-Helps sleep schedule
Thalamus
-Processing all senses EXCEPT SMELL
-Keeps us alert
Pineal Gland
-All things with sleep wake cycle
-Excretes melatonin
Medulla
-Lowest part of brain
-Controls autosomal responses
-Breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure