The largest part of the brain; controls thinking, learning, memory, and voluntary movement.

Helps with balance, coordination, and smooth movements.

Controls basic life functions like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.

Helps relay messages and controls breathing and sleep.

Controls automatic functions like heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure.

Processes touch, temperature, and spatial awareness.

Responsible for vision and visual processing.

Controls decision-making, planning, emotions, and voluntary movement.

Helps with hearing, language, and memory.

Controls voluntary muscle movements.

Receives and processes touch and body sensation information.

A bundle of nerves connecting the two brain hemispheres.

The “master gland” that controls hormones and growth.

Sends sensory information to the correct parts of the brain.

Regulates hunger, temperature, thirst, and hormones.

Important for forming new memories and learning.

The part of the brain that helps you understand language.

The part of the brain that helps you produce speech and talk.

The raised folds on the surface of the brain.

The grooves or valleys between the brain folds.

Controls emotions, especially fear and anger.

A group of brain parts that control emotions, behavior, and memory.

Connects the left and right sides of the brain.

Controls sleep by releasing melatonin.

Controls movement, vision, hearing, and alertness.

A network of nerves that sends signals to the shoulder, arm, and hand.

Controls feeling and movement in the pinky and ring finger.

Controls movement and feeling in the back of the arm and hand.

Controls movement and feeling in the thumb, index, and middle fingers.

The largest nerve; runs from the lower back down the leg.

Sends messages between the brain and the rest of the body.

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Term	Definition
Cerebrum	The largest part of the brain; controls thinking, learning, memory, and voluntary movement.
Cerebellum	Helps with balance, coordination, and smooth movements.
Brain stem	Controls basic life functions like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.
Pons	Helps relay messages and controls breathing and sleep.
Medulla oblongata	Controls automatic functions like heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure.
Parietal lobe	Processes touch, temperature, and spatial awareness.
Occipital lobe	Responsible for vision and visual processing.
Frontal lobe	Controls decision-making, planning, emotions, and voluntary movement.
Temporal lobe	Helps with hearing, language, and memory.
Motor cortex	Controls voluntary muscle movements.
Sensory cortex	Receives and processes touch and body sensation information.
Corpus callosum	A bundle of nerves connecting the two brain hemispheres.
Pituitary gland	The “master gland” that controls hormones and growth.
Thalamus	Sends sensory information to the correct parts of the brain.
Hypothalamus	Regulates hunger, temperature, thirst, and hormones.
Hippocampus	Important for forming new memories and learning.
Wernicke’s Area	The part of the brain that helps you understand language.
Broca’s Area	The part of the brain that helps you produce speech and talk.
Gyrus / Gyri	The raised folds on the surface of the brain.
Sulcus / Sulci	The grooves or valleys between the brain folds.
Amygdala	Controls emotions, especially fear and anger.
Olfactory Bulbs	Help you smell.
Limbic System	A group of brain parts that control emotions, behavior, and memory.
Corpus Callosum	Connects the left and right sides of the brain.
Pineal Gland	Controls sleep by releasing melatonin.
Midbrain	Controls movement, vision, hearing, and alertness.
Brachial Plexus	A network of nerves that sends signals to the shoulder, arm, and hand.
Ulnar Nerve	Controls feeling and movement in the pinky and ring finger.
Radial Nerve	Controls movement and feeling in the back of the arm and hand.
Median Nerve	Controls movement and feeling in the thumb, index, and middle fingers.
Sciatic Nerve	The largest nerve; runs from the lower back down the leg.
Brain	The body’s control center.
Spinal Cord	Sends messages between the brain and the rest of the body.

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