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The cerebellum is responsible for coordinating
movement, planning, motor activities, learning and
remembering of physical skills and for some cognitive
abilities.
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The is a structure within the brain that plays a key
role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness,
thought, language, and consciousness.
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The job of the corpus callosum is to route
communication between the two hemispheres. Humans have
developed an asymmetry of the brain whereby the two
hemispheres are specialized in different functions and
this, perhaps, is partly responsible for our great
intellectual abilities.
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The frontal lobes are located behind the forehead and to
much of the work of complex thinking link planning and
responding.
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The hypothalamus is an area of the brain that produces hormones that control
thirst, hunger, body temperature, sleep, moods, sex drive, and the release of
hormones from various glands, primarily the pituitary gland.
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The Limbic System influences Emotions, the Visceral
Responses to those emotions, Motivation, Mood, and
sensations of Pain and Pleasure. One of the major
sources of sensory input into the Limbic System is the
Olfactory Nerves.
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The fibers on the right side of the medulla cross to
the left and those on the left cross to the right. As a
result, each side of the brain controls the opposite
side of the body. The medulla also controls the
heartbeat, the rate of breathing, and the diameter of
the blood vessels and helps to coordinate swallowing,
vomiting, hiccupping, coughing, and sneezing.
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Midbrain/ Mesencephalon- the rostral part of the brain stem, which includes
the tectum and tegmentum. It is the anterior part has the cerebral peduncle, which is a huge bundle
of axons traveling from the cerebral cortex through the brain stem and these fibers
(along with other structures) are important for voluntary motor function.
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The occipital lobes are the center of our visual
perception system
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The parietal lobes can be divided into two
functional regions. One involves sensation and
perception and the other is concerned with integrating
sensory input, primarily with the visual system.
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The pituitary gland is one of the body’s endocrine
glands. It is sometimes called the “master gland,” because
it controls the functions of other endocrine glands.
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The Pons connects the BrainStem with the balancing
control of the Cerebellum.
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The Thalamus |
The thalamus is part of the limbic system, the region of the brain largely associated with the emotions.
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