Controls basic life support functions like heartbeat and breathing

Controls if we are awake and our arousal

Directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex.

Coordinates voluntary movements and balance.

System that regulates functions such as memory, fear, aggression, hunger and thirst.

Regulates eating, drinking, body temperature, and is linked to emotion

Helps process new memories for permanent storage.

Controls emotional responses such as fear and anger.

Forms the body’s control and information processing center.

Divides the cerebral cortex into the left and right hemispheres.

Allows both hemispheres to communicate with one another.

Involved in planning and judgement and includes the motor cortex.

Includes the somatosensory cortex and general association areas used for processing information

Includes the primary visual processing area of the brain.

Includes the hearing areas of the brain.

Controls voluntary movement

Registers and processes body sensations

Directs the muscle movements necessary for speech.

Involved in language comprehension and expression.