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Brain Anatomy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Occipital Lobe | Location: Back of the head Function: Visual perception, including color, form and motion |
| Cerebellum | Location: Above and behind where your spinal cord connects to your brain itself Function: Helps coordinate and regulate a wide range of functions and processes in both your brain and body |
| Brain Stem | Location: Back of your skull Function: Regulating most of the body's automatic functions that are essential for life |
| Frontal Lobe | Location: Behind the forehead Function: Voluntary movement, expressive language and for managing higher level executive functions |
| Temporal Lobe | Location: Behind the ears Function: Processing auditory information and with the encoding of memory |
| Parietal Lobe | Location: Near the back and top of the head Function: Vital for sensory perception and integration, including the management of taste, hearing, sight, touch, and smell |
| Wernicke's Area | Location: Middle of the left hemisphere Function: Language comprehension, specifically the comprehension of speech sounds, and is also considered to be the receptive language centre of the brain |
| Broca's Area | Location: Inferior frontal gyrus Function: Key component of a complex speech network |
| Sensory Cortex | Location: Parietal lobe Function: Receiving and processing sensory information from across the body, such as touch, temperature, and pain |
| Motor Cortex | Location: Medial surface Function: Generate signals to direct the movement of the body |
| Spinal Cord | Location: Spinal column Function: Send motor commands from the brain to the body, send sensory information from the body to the brain, and coordinate reflexes. |
| Gyrus | Location: Cerebral Cortex Function: Increase the surface area of the cerebral cortex and form brain divisions |
| Sulcus | Location: Cerebral Cortex Function: Increase the surface area of the cerebral cortex and form brain divisions. |
| Amygdala | Location: Medial temporal lobe Function: Processing fearful and threatening stimuli |
| Hypothalamus | Location: Pituitary gland and below the third ventricle Function: Keep your body in a stable state called homeostasis |
| Olfactory Bulbs | Location: The forebrain Function: Processing of olfactory information |
| Limbic System | Location: Underneath the cerebral cortex and above the brainstem Function: Feeding, reproduction and caring for our young, and fight or flight responses |
| Hippocampus | Location: Temporal lobe Function: Learning and memory |
| Corpus Callosum | Location: Cerebrum Function: Ensures both sides of the brain can communicate and send signals to each other |
| Pineal Gland | Location: Slightly under the brain, practically being hidden Function: To receive information about the state of the light-dark cycle from the environment and convey this information to produce and secrete the hormone melatonin |
| Pituitary Gland | Location: The base Function: Growth and sexual/reproductive development and function. Glands (thyroid gland, adrenal glands, and gonads) Organs (kidneys, uterus, and breasts) |
| Thalamus | Location: Near the center Function: Your body's information relay station |
| Pons | Location: Near the bottom of your skull Function: Handles unconscious processes and jobs, such as your sleep-wake cycle and breathing |
| Medulla | Location: bottom most part Function: Helps control vital processes like your heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure. |
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