Functional anatomy cerebral cortex

This is the largest part of the brain, consisting of the left and right hemispheres.

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Fissures

• Diencephalon

This is the section of the brain that coordinates body movements, including balance.

• Cerebellum

• Midbrain

• Thalamus

• Cerebrum

These sections of the brain are located behind the forehead.

• Frontal lobes

• Parietal lobes

• Meninges

• Primary motor cortex

This is the name for the four regions of the brain - frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal.

• Lobes

• Pons

• Meinges

• Midbrain

This is the lower portion of the brain stem, which regulates heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing, and controls several reflexes.

• Medulla oblongata

• Thalamus

• Spinal cord

• Cerebrum

This is the most inferior portions of the brain; responsible for speech, hearing, vision, memory, and emotion.

• Temporal lobes

• Frontal lobes

• Occipital lobes

• Parietal lobes

Sensory areas

• initiate voluntary movements

• receive and process sensory information

• deal with complex functions that require integration of inputs of information from different areas

The cortical lobes of the cerebral cortex include the:

• frontal lobe, prefrontal cortex, left hemisphere, right hemisphere

• parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, frontal lobe

• left hemisphere, right hemisphere

• the hindbrain, forebrain, and midbrain

Makes decisions, plans for the future, reasons, and carries out behaviors

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

What is the function of the Prefrontal Cortex

• Controls voluntary eye movements

• Responsible for intelligence (cognition), personality and behaviours

• Comprehends written and spoken language

• Stimulates voluntary skeletal muscle movements