Brain Parts - Advanced

Sensory and motor relay system, located above the medulla

• Auditory Cortex

• Prefrontal Cortex

• Pons

• Broca's Area

Coordinates voluntary movement, extends from rear of brainstem, coordination

• Cerebellum

• Medulla

• Motor Cortex

• Visual Cortex

Controls heart rate and breathing

• Medulla

• Visual Cortex

• Frontal Lobe

• Broca's area

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Major hub of sensory info (except smell), sits atop brainstem

• Hippocampus

• Thalamus

• Hypothalamus

• Pons

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

regulates basic needs: hunger, thirst, temp, etc.

• Amygdala

• Thalamus

• Corpus Collosum

• Hypothalamus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Tied to aggression and fear, two almond shaped clusters

• Cerebellum

• Amygdala

• Motor Cortex

• Pons

Coordinates voluntary movement, charts memories

• Hippocampus

• Pons

• Thalamus

• Amygdala

Messenger between the two brain hemispheres, connects the two hemispheres

• Corpus Callosum

• Hippocampus

• Wernicke's Area

• Medulla

Controls voluntary movement, band at rear of frontal lobes

• Broca's Area

• Hippocampus

• Medulla

• Motor Cortex

Controls language expression, muscle movement in speech, conversations

• Medulla

• Wernicke's Area

• Broca's Area

• Auditory Cortex