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REGIONS OF THE BRAIN
Cerebral hemispheres (cerebrum) Diencephalon Brain stem Cerebellum
REGIONS OF THE BRAIN
CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES (CEREBRUM)
Paired (left and right) superior parts of the brain
Includes more than half of the brain mass
The surface is made of ridges (gyri) and grooves (sulci)
SURFACE LOBES OF CEREBRUM
Frontal lobe Parietal lobe Occipital lobe Temporal lobe
FRONTAL LOBE
Primary motor area Impulses to skeletal muscles Broca’s area – speech – sentence
forming
FRONTAL LOBE (LEFT)
Reasoning Planning Emotions Problem solving Premotor area
FRONTAL LOBE (RIGHT)
Creativity Art Music Ideas (eureka)
PARIETAL LOBE
Primary sensory (somatic) area
Receives impulses from the body’s sensory receptors
PARIETAL LOBE
Primary sensory (somatic) area
Receives impulses from the body’s sensory receptors
PARIETAL LOBE
Orientation Recognition Perception of stimuli
OCCIPITAL LOBE
Visual processing
TEMPORAL LOBE (LEFT)
Wernicke’s Area (understanding language)
Speech Hearing Smell
TEMPORAL LOBE (RIGHT)
Hearing Smell