Practice Brain Definitions

neural fibers that connect the hemispheres

• corpus callosum

• cerebellum

• cerebral cortex

• basal ganglia

• making plans and judgments

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• receives information from sounds; includes auditory areas

• angular gyrus

• Broca's area

• frontal lobe

• temporal lobe

• coordinates movement and balance

• amygdala

• cerebellum

• somatosensory cortex

• hippocampus

linked to memory

• hypothalamus

• hippocampus

• auditory cortex

• Wernicke's area

• receives sensory input for touch and body position

• pons

• reticular formation

• parietal lobe

• thalamus

emotional response

• amygdala

• hypothalamus

• medulla

• visual cortex

• outer rim which is made up of layers of neurons; involved in consciousness 

• basal ganglia

• angular gyrus

• cerebellum

• cerebral cortex

• receives information from the visual fields

• occipital lobe

• auditory cortex

• cerebral cortex

• temporal lobe

• releases growth hormone; master gland

• amygdala

• hippocampus

• pituitary gland

• hypothalamus