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| controls breathing, heart rate and blood pressure | ||
| regulates states of arousal, including sleep and dreaming. | ||
| in the brainstem; filters sensory information and is involved in arousal and alertness | ||
| relays and translates incoming messages from the sense receptors, except those for smell | ||
| regulates behaviors such as, eating, drinking, sex, body temperature and motivation | ||
| helps coordinate voluntary movement and balance | ||
| interconnected group of forebrain structures involved with emotions, drives, and memory | ||
| influences emotions such as aggression/fear, and self-protective behaviors | ||
| involved in learning and forming new long-term memories | ||
| the outer surface of the two cerebral hemispheres that regulates most complex behavior | ||
| largest part of brain; info from senses, movement of skeletal muscles, complex mental processes | ||
| reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving | ||
| sensations such as pain, temperature, and touch, and body position | ||
| Vision | ||
| hearing, taste, smell, memory, language | ||
| includes the cerebellum, pons, and medulla | ||
| integrates and relays sensory information | ||
| fibers that connect the right and left hemispheres, enabling them to communicate | ||
| logic,speaking, calculating, language processing, order, critical thinking; right side of body | ||
| visual-spatial, patterns, artistic tendencies, holistic thinking and imagination; left side of body | ||
| regions throughout the brain that combine information from various other parts of the brain | ||
| area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements | ||
| area in the temporal lobe of the brain that is reponsible for hearing. | ||
| parietal lobe; receives sensory infromation about body position, touch, pressure, pain, temperature | ||
| highly developed part of brain; complex aspects of behavior and mental life | ||
| language area, if there is a lision you have trouble producing speech | ||
| language area, if there is a lision you have trouble understanding or comprehending speech | ||
| endocrine system; influenced by hypothalamus, regulates growth,controls other glands | ||
| cable of neurons that runs down the spine, connecting the brain to the rest of the body | ||
| the oldest part of the brain, responsible for automatic survival functions | ||
| chemical messengers of the endocrine system that are released into the blood | ||
| glands that secrete chemicals into the blood-stream; help control bodily functioning | ||
| brain and spinal cord | ||
| sensory and motor neurons; connect the CNS to the rest of the body | ||
| part of the PNS that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs | ||
| part of the PNS that controls the body's skeletal muscles | ||
| branch of the autonomic nervous system; mobilizes the body's resources for emergencies | ||
| branch of the autonomic nervous system; calms and relaxes the body |
