Brain Functions

Responsible for the conscious perception of touch, pressure, vibration pain, temperature, and taste.

• Sensory cortex

• Hypothalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

Controls body temperature, thirst, appetite, sleep patterns, and other processes in our bodies that happen automatically.

• Sensory cortex

• Hypothalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

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

• Sensory cortex

• Hypothalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

Carries messages from the sensory organs like the eyes, ears, nose, and fingers to the cerebrum,

• Sensory cortex

• Hypothalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Responsible for the conscious perception of sound.

• Auditory cortex

• Occipital lobes

• Cerebrum

• Motor cortex

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

• Auditory cortex

• Occipital lobes

• Cerebrum

• Motor cortex

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

• Auditory cortex

• Occipital lobes

• Cerebrum

• Motor cortex

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

• Auditory cortex

• Occipital lobes

• Cerebrum

• Motor cortex

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.

• Frontal lobes

• Brain stem

• Temporal lobes

• Parietal lobes

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.

• Frontal lobes

• Brain stem

• Temporal lobes

• Parietal lobes