| A | B |
|---|
| Involved in functions of analyzing, thinking, reasoning abilities, making choices, memory, emotions, intelligence | frontal lobe |
| In charge of sensory processing (pain, touch, sensations of hot and cold). | Parietal lobe |
| It processes visual memory, speech. | Occipital Lobe |
| It controls auditory and language processing, hearing, smell, touch and speech; about 90% contained on the left side. | Temporal lobe |
| It controls body movements and balance. Fine motor coordination. | Cerebellum |
| Neural tissue that facilitates communication between the two sides of the brain. | Corpus collosum |
| The largest collection of white matter within the brain, and it has a high myelin content. The brain uses gray matter for computation, thinking, memory storage, and more. | Corpus collosum |
| It regulates the involuntary or unconscious bodily functions: heart, breathing, digestion, glands. | The brain stem |
| It contains genetic information. | The cell body of a neuron |
| They are short cables that receive signals from other neurons. | Dentrites |
| They are cables that transmit signals from a neuron to another neuron. | Axons |
| Chemical and electrical signals (neurotransmiters) leave the axon of one neuron to jump on a synapse to travel to a dendrite of another neuron. | This process is called firing. |
| They are a type of nerve cells that nourish the neuron and encase the cells with a substance called myelin. | Glia cells |
| It is a substance produced by glia cells that wraps around the axons and cell bodies of neurons. | Myelin |
| It is the process that facilitates and expedites the transmission of neural impulses. | Myelinization |
| It refers to the formation of synaptic connections among neurons. | Synaptogenesis |
| It refers to the capacity for the brain to change. | Brain plasticity |
| the excess production of neurons and synapses in preparation for receiving all kinds of stimulation. | Brain plasticity |
| It is the crucial period of time in which the brain must receive stimulation in order to develop | Critical period |
| The optimal times when the brain is best able to wire specific skills. | Sensitive period |
| The prime period when a child can develop a skill. | Prime period |
