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Parts of the brain-Johnson Suffern
Question | Answer |
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Cerebrum | Largest part- controls thinking, speaking, and voluntary muscle movements |
Cerebellum | small part at the base of the brain- controls balance, movement and muscle coordination |
Prefrontal Cortex | located behind your forehead, makes decisions, makes plans, and stays organized |
Amygdala | small part at the TOP OF THE BRAIN STEM- controls emotions |
Brain Stem | part that connects to your spinal cord, controls involuntary functions such as breathing, heart beat, blood circulation and digestion |
Hippocampus | center of the brain, helps store and controls short term memory, long term memory and working memory |
Pituitary Gland | small gland behind the bridge of our nose that releases hormones into your body, controls metabolism, and controls amounts of sugar and water in your body |
Occipital lobe | back of the brain and controls vision, brains ability to process and understand visual information (colors/ distances) |
Parietal lobe | top of the brain, takes sensory info (touch, smell, sight, vision, hearing) and processes it- focuses on language processes and math |