Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Parts of the Brain
- Brainsten
- connects brain and spinal cord
- Medulla
- Responsible for autonomic functions
- Pons
- message station for many parts of the brain
- Cerebellum
- regulates muscular activity
- Thalamus
- sensory and motor signal relay & regulation of consciousness and sleep
- Forebrain
- controls body temp, reproductive functions, eating, sleeping, & emotion
- Limbic System
- controls emotion, behavior, motivation, and long-term memory
- Amygdala
- helps in processing memory, decision making, & emotional reactions
- hypothalamus
- links nervous system to endocrine system
- Hippocampus
- center of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system
- Cortex
- cerebral cortex
- plays a key role in memory, perception, awareness, thought, language, & consciousness
- motor cortex
- involved in planning, control, and executive voluntary movements
- sensory cortex
- receives & interprets sensory information from parts of body
- Lobes
- Frontal lobes
- controls emotional expression, problem solving, memory, language, judgement, & sexual behavior
- Parietal lobes
- processes sensory information
- Occipital Lobes
- visual processing center
- Temporal Lobes
- primary auditory reception
- Corpus Callosum
- connects hemispheres