Parts of the Brain

6. vital body functions (breathing, heart rate)
7. motor control, sensory analysis
9. controls language expression-area of the frontal lobe in left hemisphere that directs muscle movements involved in speech
10. visual processing
12. movement, posture, balance
13. Underneath the limbic system, responsible for vital life functions
14. neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage
16. formation: A nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousal
19. hearing center located in temporal lobe
20. thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus

1. connects two brain hemispheres. cutting it= lobotomy
2. movement, orientation, recognition
3. perception, auditory stimuli, memory
4. Area of the brain responsible for the initial conscious registration of visual information; the designation of electric (nerve) impulses from the retina
5. a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system (heart, lungs, etc.)
8. cortex: A brain area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body sensations
11. cortex: Outer layer of the brain, thinking, organizing, and creative center
15. two almond-shaped neural clusters that are components of the limbic system and are linked to emotion
17. reasoning, planning, parts of speech
18. controls language reception - a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression