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The Brain
General Information
• Runs all aspects of the body• Voluntary• Involuntary• Reasoning• Intelligence• Communication
• Divided up into 3 parts• Cerebrum• Cerebellum• Brain Stem
Cerebrum
• General Reasoning• “Identifies” the person• “Soul?”
Cerebrum
Function
Lobes
Fissures & Sulcus
Function
• Senses• Motor Skills• Emotions• Consciousness• Memory• Divided into 4 Lobes by 3 fissures/sulcus
Cerebrum
Function
Lobes
Fissures & Sulcus
Frontal Lobes
• Speech• Sexual behavior• Voluntary motor skills• Smell• Reasoning/Abstract Thinking• Body imaging• Aggression
Cerebrum
Function
Lobes
Fissures & Sulcus
Parietal Lobe
• Sensory Awareness• Taste• Symbols• Abstract Reasoning (Math)
Cerebrum
Function
Lobes
Fissures & Sulcus
Temporal
• Auditory• Emotions• Language• Major Memory
Cerebrum
Function
Lobes
Fissures & Sulcus
Occipital
• Visual• Memory
Cerebrum
Function
Lobes
Fissures & Sulcus
Fissures & Sulcus
• Longitudinal Fissure–Separates two hemispheres
• Central Sulcus–Separates the frontal from the parietal lobe
• Lateral Fissure–Separates the temporal from the frontal &
Parietal
Cerebellum
• Movement• Muscle actions• Voluntary & Involuntary
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Functions
• Equilibrium• Position• Muscular coordination• Fine Motor Movements• Muscle Tone• Posture
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Brain Stem
• Basic Body Functions• Involuntary Control
Function
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Brain Stem Divisions
• Thalamus• Hypothalamus• Pineal Gland• Mid Brain• Pons• Medulla
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Thalamus
• Processes Sensory Impulses• Appropriate Motor Responses to Sensory
Impulse• Consciousness• Sensory Relay station to Cerebral Cortex
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Hypothalamus
• Emotions• Autonomic Reactions to Emotions
(Primitive Brain)• Body Temperature• Water Balance• Appetite• Sexual Arrousal
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Pineal Gland
• Produces melatonin• Diurnal cycles (Day & Night)• Influences the start of puberty
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Mid Brain
• Involuntary movements in response to visual and auditory stimuli (reflex)
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Pons
• Respiration• Somatic and Visceral Reflexes• Regulates arousal, wakefulness, alertness
Cerebellum Function
Brain Stem
Function
Medulla
• Respiration• Heart Rate• Vasomotor functions• 2-way communication between higher brain
functions and spinal cord• Voluntary movement related
CEREBRUM
CEREBELLUM
BRAIN STEM
MEDULLA
THALMUS
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Brain Stem