Brain/Neuron Anatomy

This part of the brain is responsible for recieving and processing sound as well as emotions.

• Temporal

• Parietal

• Limbic

This part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination.

• Occipital

• Frontal

• Cerebellum

This part of the brain is inside the brain; controls emotions like happiness, sadness, and love

• Temporal

• Cerebellum

• Limbic

This part of the brain is responsible for touch and pressure; body awareness

• Parietal

• Temporal

• Frontal

This part of the brain is responsible for personality; movement of the body; emotional reactions; problem solving.

• Frontal

• Limbic

• Parietal

Cell body; contains most of the cell's organeles

• Soma

• Dendrite

• Axon

Contains the cell's DNA

• Axon

• Myelin Sheath

• Nucleus

Cover the axon; insulation to help keep electrical signals inside the cell

• Myelin Sheath

• Dendrite

• Synapse

Receive electrical impulses from neighboring neurons

• Synapse

• Dendrite

• Axon

Send electrical impulses to neighboring neurons

• Dendrite

• Synapse

• Axon