Brain Anatomy

Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing

• Hypothalamus
• Reticular Formation
• Cerebellum
• Thalamus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Where the pleasure centers of the brain are located...also controls Endocrine System

• Amygdala
• Pons
• Hippocampus
• Hypothalamus

Wrinkled part of the brain's surface where the body processes information

• Forebrain
• Cerebral Cortex
• Corpus Callosum
• Cerebellum

Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors

• Frontal Lobe
• Parietal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Temporal Lobe

Possesses the Motor Cortex

• Temporal Lobe
• Parietal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Frontal Lobe

Receives sensory input for touch and body position

• Parietal Lobe
• Frontal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Temporal Lobe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Controls hearing, speaking coherently, and comprehension

• Frontal Lobe
• Temporal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Parietal Lobe

Processes visual information

• Frontal Lobe
• Temporal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Parietal Lobe

Person has speech that makes sense, but the person has difficulty speaking

• Broca's Aphasia
• Wernicke's Aphasia
• Visual Agnosia
• Neglect Syndrome

Person uses correct words, and they sound normal, but they do not make sense

• Visual Agnosia
• Neglect Syndrome
• Wernicke's Aphasia
• Broca's Aphasia