A | B |
occipital lobe | vision |
corpus collosum | where messeges are transmitted from one side of the brain ot the other |
medulla oblongotta | controlls basic body functions |
reticular activating system | regulates our state of alertness |
thalamus | relay station for information comeing in and out of the brain |
hypothalamus | over see's the autonomic nervous system |
cerebrum | largest area in the brain (language, memory) |
cerebral cortex | gray matter outter layer |
deep cortex | white matter |
frontal lobe | cognition, speech production, higher thinking, abstract thinking and smell |
cerebellum | posture, balance and equilibrium |
gyri | elevated ridges of brain tissue |
anterior to primary somatosensory cortex | primary motor cortex |
temporal lobe | auditory and olfactory |
brain stem's 3 parts | midbrain, pons, medulla oblongotta |
sulci | grooves in the outter layer of the brain (cortex) |