functions of the brain

Responsible for all reasoning, planning, memory, and sensory processing. All conscious thought originates here.

• cerebrum

• visual cortex

• parietal lobes

• motor cortex

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

• temporal lobes

• cerebellum

• olfactory bulbs/tracts

• frontal lobes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The point where the spinal cord connects with the brain. The brain stem takes in, sends out, and coordinates all of the brain’s messages. It controls the body’s vital functions, such as heartbeat, breathing, swallowing, and digestion.

• sensory cortex

• brain stem

• visual cortex

• cerebrum

Responsible for processing smell and sound, as well as the ability to recognize and understand words and language. They are also involved in visual memory.

• cerebellum

• temporal lobes

• frontal lobes

• sensory cortex

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

• parietal lobes

• sensory cortex

• motor cortex

• corpus callosum

Responsible for the voluntary control of your skeletal muscles—the muscles we can move and control.

• motor cortex

• frontal lobes

• sensory cortex

• brain stem

Responsible for many roles in behavior and personality, such as planning, initiated movements, social and emotional processing, and attention, as well as roles in memory retrieval and storage.

• auditory cortex

• visual cortex

• parietal lobes

• frontal lobes

Responsible for sensing touch, spatial processing, language, and memory.

• sensory cortex

• parietal lobes

• visual cortex

• cerebrum

Responsible for sensing touch, pressure, vibration, pain, temperature, and taste.

• frontal lobes

• optic nerves and chiasm

• visual cortex

• sensory cortex

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

• frontal lobes

• motor cortex

• occipital lobes

• auditory cortex

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8