Brain Anatomy

What part of the brain regulates the sleep/wake cycles.

• Hypothalamus

• thalamus

• pons

• cerebrum

This part of the brain plays a crucial role in storing information in long-term memory. (Sousa, 2017, p.19).

• hippocampus

• thalamus

• hypothalamus

• brain stem

A gyrus is a

• raised part of a winkle

• bottom crease of a wrinkle

Controls behaviors (hunger, thirst, sleep, body temperature) through the release of hormones.

• hypothalamus

• thalamus

• adrenal glands

• pineal gland

Smell

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

• Amygdala

• Olfactory bulbs of limbic system

• Hypothalamus

The brain's "sensory switchboard":  directs sensory messages to proper area of the brain

• thalamus

• hypothalamus

• hippocampus

• reticular formation

Wrinkled part of the brain's surface where the body processes information

• Forebrain

• Cerebral Cortex

• Corpus Callosum

• Cerebellum

Processes visual information

• Frontal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Frontal Lobe
• Parietal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Temporal Lobe

• Thalamus
• Corpus Callosum
• Medulla
• Cerebellum