Parts of the brain

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Different parts of the brain and their functions
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What are the three major parts of the brain? • The cerebrum • The cerebellum • The brainstem
What are the four lobes of the brain? • The frontal lobe • The parietal lobe • The occipital lobe • The temporal lobe
What are the other four areas of said lobes? • Broca area • Wernicke area • Motor strip • Sensory strip
What are some functions of the Frontal lobe? • Personality, behavior & emotions • Problem solving • Speaking & writing • Intelligence & concentration
What are some functions of the parietal lobe? • Interprets language and words • Senses such as pain and hearing • Signals things such as vision, memory, and sensory • Spatial and visual perception
What are some functions of the occipital lobe? • Interprets things such as color, light, movement, etc. in vision
What are some functions of the temporal lobe? • Understanding language (located in Wernicke's area) • Memory, hearing, organization, etc.
What are some functions of the cerebellum? • Coordinates muscle movement • Maintains posture and balance
What are some functions of the brainstem? • Breathing, sneezing, digestion, swallowing, body temperature, etc.
How many cranial nerves originate from the brainstem? Ten out of twelve
What connects the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord? The brainstem
What is the cortex? The folds of the cerebrum
What are axons? Long connecting fibers making up the white matter below the cortex
What is gray matter? Nerve cells in the cortex color the cortex gray
Where are Broca's are and the motor strip found? In the frontal lobe
Where is the Wernicke's area found? Where the parietal and temporal lobes meet
Where is the sensory strip found? In the parietal lobe
About how many of the nerve cells in the body located in the cortex? Seventy percent (70%)

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