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| The portion of the brain formed by the swelling of the spinal cord as it enters the skull; its structures regulate basic survival functions of the body, such as heart rate and respiration |
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| A convoluted hindbrain structure involved in involuntary motor coordination (nerve reflexes rapid movements) and some aspects of learning and memory |
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| A brain stem structure that controls vital functions, including heartbeat and respiration |
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-Has clusters of neurons that Regulate sleep
-Involved in dreaming
-Contains motor neurons, controls muscles & glands in face & neck
-Controls vital functions, esp respiration.
-damage can produce death
-Just above Medulla
-Bridge between higher and lower levels of Nervous system |
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| Brain structures above the hindbrain that are involved in sensory and motor functions and in attention and states of consciousness. |
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Group of Fibres that carries stimulation related to sleep and arousal through brain stem
-Beneath pons, top of the spinal cord |
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| Brain structures above the midbrain, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system and the cerebral hemispheres; involved in higher-order sensory, motor, and cognitive functions. |
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| Relay centre for incoming sensory information |
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| Part of the Brain that is critical for voluntary Motor Control. made up of 5 distinct structures |
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A forebrain structure located below the thalamus and above the pituitary gland that controls autonomic hormonal processes and plays a major role in many aspects of motivation and emotional behaviour
Responsible for the 4 F's: Fighting, Fleeing, Feeding, Mating
Assisted by the Limbic system |
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Helps to coordinate behaviours needed to satisfy motivational and emotional urges that arise in the hypothalamus.
Involved in memory |
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| A structure of the limbic system that plays a key role in the formation and storage of memories |
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A Limbic system structure that helps to organize emotional response patterns.
involved in emotion and aggression |
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Surounds thalamus.
Limbic system structure involved in motivation and reward. |
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| The grey, convoluted outer covering of the brain that is the seat of higher-order sensory, motor, perceptual, and mental processes. |
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| THe anteriour (front) portion of the cerebal's hemispheres that includes Broca's speech production area, the motor cortex, and associative cortex involved in planning and problem solving |
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| stimulates muscles that produce speech |
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| Receives sensory input that gives rise to our sensations of touch, hot and cold, and kinesthesis (sense of balance and body movement) |
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Midbrain
Speech understanding and comprehension |
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| A region of the left frontal lobe involved in speech production |
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| Cortical areas that are neither motor nor sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information |
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Right behind the forehead
Executive functions: mental abilities - goal setting, judgment, strategic planning, impulse control. |
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| A broad band of white, myelinated fibres that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres and allow the two hemispheres to communicate with each other |
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