The Brain and Nervous System

Identify the lobe of the brain

• frontal

• temporal

• occipital

• parietal

Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is FIGHT OR FLIGHT

• sympathetic

• parasympathetic

 Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is & REST AND DIGEST

• sympathetic

• parasympathetic

What does the occipital lobe do? (a)  

• memory formation

• planning

• initiating motor control

• processing visual information

What does the Frontal lobe do? (a)  

• process vision

• process sound

• integrate sensory information

• abstract thinking and planning

What does the temporal lobe do? (a)  

• process touch

• planning & abstract thinking

• process sound and speech

• allows you to see

What does the medulla do? (a)  

• controls heart rate and breathing

• controls sleep and wake cycles

• takes in sensory information

• controls voluntary movement

What does the amygdala do? (a)  

• controls heart rate

• directs sensory information

• regulates body temperature

• processes emotion

What does the cingulate gyrus do?

• secretes hormones

• processes fear & helps to avoid pain

• transfers short-term memory to long-term

• regulates hunger

What is the Corpus Callosum?

• the reward pathway

• a fluid-filled area of the brain

• bundle of white matter between hemispheres

• where sensory information is relayed

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