08 Ch 2 Parts of the Brain

This part of the brain controls life-sustaining functions, such as breathing and swallowing.

• medulla

• pons

• reticular formation

• cerebellum

This part of the brain coordinates fine, rapid motor movement, learned reflexes, posture and muscle tone.

• cerebellum

• medulla

• reticular formation

• frontal lobes

This controls hunger, thirst, sleep, sexual behavior, sleeping and waking, and emotions.

• hypothalamus

• thalamus

• pituitary

• amygdala

This system contains a group of several brain structures located under the cortex and involved in learning, emotion, memory, and motivation.

• limbic system

• reticular formation

• central nervous system

• sympathetic division

This is the part of the brain responsible for storing memories and remembering locations.

• hippocampus

• amygdala

• hypothalamus

• frontal lobes

This part of the brain controls our fear responses and memory of fearful stimuli.

• amygdala

• hippocampus

• cerebellum

• cortex

This "wrinkled" part of our brain is responsible for our for higher thought processes.

• cortex

• amygdala

• hypothalamus

• medulla

These process vision and contain the primary visual cortex.

• occipital lobes

• parietal lobes

• frontal lobes

• temporal lobes

These process our sense of touch, temperature, taste and body position.

• occipital lobes

• parietal lobes

• frontal lobes

• temporal lobes

These contain the primary auditory area and are also involved in understanding language.

• occipital lobes

• parietal lobes

• frontal lobes

• temporal lobes