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| evolutionarily oldest section of brain; consists of medulla, pons, and midbrain; attached to top of spinal chord; site of entry of 10-12 cranial nerves; neural centers organizing reflexes & complex behaviors |
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| part of brainstem; organizes complex reflexes |
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| part of brainstem; organizes complex reflexes; neural systems that help control sleep & level of arousal |
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| part of brainstem; neural centers governing basic movement patterns (e.g. eating, attacking, grooming); change speed of locomotion; neural systems that help control sleep & level of arousal |
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| above the brainstem; relay station connecting parts of brain, sensory/motor information passed on to cortex |
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| underneath thalamus; controls circadian system, endocrine system, hunger and thirst; regulate internal environment of body; controls release of hormones; regulate emotional states |
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| back, lower brain area in both hemispheres; help control rapid movements of limbs; balance, muscle tone, motor memory |
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| large structures next to thalamus; movement-control functions that complement cerebellum; slower, deliberate movements (Parkinson's disease-deterioration of neural tract running from brainstem to b.g.) |
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| middle system between cerebral cortex and brainstem; contains amygdala and hippocampus; regulation of basic drives and emotions |
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| part of limbic system; critical to formation of memories. memory mediation (damage results in amnesia) |
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| part of limbic system; negative emotions |
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| top-most, newest section of brain; outermost layer; 80% of brain volume; 2 hemispheres with 4 lobes each |
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| Back to front: occipital, temporal, parietal, frontal |
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| part of cortex; area that receives signals from sensory nerves and tracts by way of relay nuclei in the thalamus |
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| part of cortex; sens axons down to motor neurons in brainstem and spinal cord |
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| part of cortex; areas that receive input from sensory areas and lower parts of brain and involved in complex processes of perception, thought, and decision making |
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| located in the occipital lobe |
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| located in the temporal lobe |
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| Somatosensory area location |
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| located in the parietal lobe |
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| massive bundle of axons that connects the two hemispheres of the brain |
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| personality, complex cognition, decision making, planning, problem solving, motor cortex (movement) |
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| separated from frontal lobe by Sylvian fissure; auditory processing, language centers in Broca's area and Wernicke's area |
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| processes visual information |
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| somatosensory cortex- pick up on skin pressure, pain |
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