Brain Chart:
Part of the Brain
1. Cerebrum:
a. Frontal Lobe
b. Parictal Lobe
c. Temporal Lobe
d. Occipital Lobe
2. Cerebellum:
3. Brain Stem:
a. Pons
b. Medulla
4. Spinal Cord-
Function
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Responsible for voluntary (conscious) activities of body
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Site of intelligence, learning and judgment
Motor Functions, Higher Order Functions, Planning, Reasoning, Judgment, Impulse Control &
Memory
Cognition, Information Processing , Pain and Touch Sensation , Spatial Orientation, Speech &
Visual Perception
Auditory Perception , Memory , Speech , Emotional Responses & Visual Perception
Visual Perception & Color Recognition
Coordinates and balances actions of muscles so body can gracefully and efficiently
neural “switchboard” –regulates flow of info. Between brain and rest of body
controls heart rate, breathing, swallowing…etc
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Main communication link between brain and rest of body.
31 pair of spinal nerves branch out from spinal cord connecting brain to all of the diff. parts of
body
Receives messages from all sensory receptors throughout body
Relays info. to proper region of cerebrum for further processing
Control center for recognition and analysis of hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, body temp…etc.
Coordinates activities of nervous and endocrine systems
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“Master Gland”
Produces hormones that regulate other glands & that stimulates growth
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5. Thalamus6. Hypothalamus-
7. Pituitary Gland-