Parts of the Brain

Processes and makes sense of visual information; Controls sight

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Pons

• Somatosensory Cortex

Part of the Occipital Lobe; Receives visual input and processes impulses from the optic nerves.

• Thalamus

• Visual Cortex

• Wrenicke's Area

• CT Scan

Assists with the interpretation of touch; Plays a role in the knowledge of numbers and their relationships; Helps with the understanding of objects, shapes, and space; Controls touch and pressure, taste, and body awareness

• Motor Cortex

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Pons

Part of the Parietal Lobe; Receives all sensory input from the body.

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Pons

• Somatosensory Cortex

Assists with the perception and interpretation of sound; Plays a role in the recognition of objects and visual memory; Controls hearing, face recognitions, emotions, and long-term memory

• Temporal Lobe

• Thalamus

• Visual Cortex

• Wernicke's Area

Part of the Temporal Lobe; Responsible for processing of auditory (sound) information

• Broca's Area

• Auditory Cortex

• Cerebellum

• Corpus Callosum

Suppresses socially inappropriate behavior; Predicts consequences of actions; Controls speech, movement of the body, personality, concentration, emotional reactions, speech and smell

• Cerebellum

• Corpus Callosum

• Frontal Lobe

• Hippocampus

Part of the Frontal Lobe; One of the principal brain areas involved in motor function.

• Hypothalamus

• Medulla

• Midbrain

• Motor Cortex

Region of the brain that contains motor neurons involved in the comprehension of speech

• Wernicke's Area

• Broca's Area

• Visual Cortex

• Thalamus

Region of the brain that contains neurons involved in speech function; Involved in language comprehension, hand movements, and in sensorimotor learning

• Wernicke's Area

• Broca's Area

• Cerebellum

• Corpus Callosum