Brain Functions

Responsible for balance, movement, and coordination

• Cerebellum

• Visual Cortex

• Olfactory bulbs/ tracts

• Optic nerves and chiasm

Responsible for the conscious perception of visual input

• Cerebellum

• Visual Cortex

• Olfactory bulbs/ tracts

• Optic nerves and chiasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Receive information about smells from the nose and send it to the brain

• Cerebellum

• Visual Cortex

• Olfactory bulbs/ tracts

• Optic nerves and chiasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Receive visual stimuli from the eyes and relay this information to the visual cortex in the occipital lobe

• Cerebellum

• Visual Cortex

• Olfactory bulbs/ tracts

• Optic nerves and chiasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Responsible for the conscious perception of touch, pressure, vibration pain, temperature, and taste.

• Sensory cortex

• Hypothalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Controls body temperature, thirst, appetite, sleep patterns, and other processes in our bodies that happen automatically.

• Sensory cortex

• Hypothalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

Broad band of nerve fibers that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

• Sensory cortex

• Hypothalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

Carries messages from the sensory organs like the eyes, ears, nose, and fingers to the cerebrum,

• Sensory cortex

• Hypothalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Responsible for the conscious perception of sound.

• Auditory cortex

• Occipital lobes

• Cerebrum

• Motor cortex

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Responsible for visual perception and are involved in some forms of visual, short-term memory.

• Auditory cortex

• Occipital lobes

• Cerebrum

• Motor cortex

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8