Explore tens of thousands of sets crafted by our community.
Brain Structures
15
Flashcards
0/15
Hippocampus
Critical for the formation of new memories and is involved in learning and emotions.
Amygdala
Involved in emotion regulation, especially fear and aggression, and forming emotional memories.
Prefrontal Cortex
Involved in complex behaviors such as planning, decision making, problem-solving, self-control, and social interaction.
Cerebellum
Regulates motor movements, posture, balance, coordination, and has some role in cognition and language.
Hypothalamus
Regulates basic bodily functions such as hunger, thirst, temperature, and circadian rhythms; also linked to emotion.
Medulla Oblongata
Controls autonomic functions such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.
Broca's Area
Involved in language processing, speech production, and comprehension.
Wernicke's Area
Involved in understanding spoken language and is associated with the development of meaningful speech.
Basal Ganglia
Involved in the control of voluntary motor movements, procedural learning, habit learning, eye movements, and cognition.
Thalamus
Acts as the brain's relay center, responsible for transmitting information from the sensory receptors to the cerebral cortex.
Corpus Callosum
A broad band of nerve fibers that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres, allowing for communication between them.
Occipital Lobe
Responsible for visual processing and interpretation, including color, form, and motion.
Parietal Lobe
Processes sensory information, particularly spatial sense and navigation (proprioception), and is involved in signal integration.
Frontal Lobe
Involved in motor function, problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, judgement, impulse control, and social and sexual behavior.
Temporal Lobe
Responsible for the processing of auditory information and is also important for the processing of semantics in both speech and vision.
© Hypatia.Tech. 2024 All rights reserved.