BRAIN FUNCTIONS Flashcards
(21 cards)
Cerebral Cortex
The outer Part of the brain
Frontal Lobe
Thinking, Moving, Speaking, Making decisions, self control
Motor Region(Frontol Lobe)
Controls voluntary muscle movement
Brocas’s Area
language and speech
parietal lobe
Touch, Temperature, Pain
Somatosensory region
feeling stuff
temporal lobe
Hearing, Memory, Understanding language, recognizing faces
wernikes area
language comprehension
Occipital Lobe
Visual Information
Aphasia
Inability to Communicate
Broca’s Aphasia
very limited vocab
wernikes aphasia
Talking but not making sense
agnosia
not recognizing objects, or sounds
Apraxia
trouble doing tasks or movements
Thalamus
Sorts things out in the brain, kind of like a brainwickipedia
Hypothalamus
Hunger, Thirst/basic needs
pituitary gland
hormone gland
medulla oblongatta
heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing
hippocampus
memory
reticular formation
network of nerves that control basic functions, like sleeping, waking up, and keeling attention
limbic system
amygdala, hippocampus, and hypothalamus. controls emotions
