Parts Of The Brain

Front 1

Central Nervous System

Back 1

Brain and Spinal Cord, integrates and processes information

Front 2

Peripheral Nervous System

Back 2

Peripheral nerves, carry messages to and from CNS

Front 3

Somatic Nervous System

Back 3

voluntary control, connects to skeletal muscles

Front 4

Autonomic Nervous System

Back 4

Involuntary control, connects to smooth muscles and glands

Front 5

Sympathetic Nerves

Back 5

Nerve pathways for fight or flight response

Front 6

Parasympathetic Nerves

Back 6

Nerve pathways for rest and restore

Front 7

Grey Matter of CNS

Back 7

outside areas of brain and centre of spinal cord

Front 8

White Matter of CNS

Back 8

inner areas of the brain and outside of spinal cord

Front 9

Meninges

Back 9

thick membrane surrounding spinal cord/brain

Front 10

Blood-Brain Barrier

Back 10

Oxygen and lipid-soluble materials can go through

Front 11

Cerebrospinal fluid

Back 11

Circulates through spaces and around CNS, 500mL a day produced, shock absorber

Front 12

Cerebellum location

Back 12

Cauliflower-shaped structure near base of brain

Front 13

Cerebellum

Back 13

Posture, reflexes, involuntary movements, balance

Fine motor skills

Receives messages from proprioceptors

Front 14

Medulla Oblongata location

Back 14

At base of brainstem, connects brain to spinal cord

Front 15

Medulla Oblongata

Back 15

Automatic, involuntary responses,

eg. Heart rate, breathing, coughing

Front 16

Pons location

Back 16

In front of and above medulla oblongata

Front 17

Pons

Back 17

Relay centre between right and left cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the rest of the brain

Front 18

Midbrain location

Back 18

Above pons

Front 19

Midbrain

Back 19

Relays visual and auditory information between hindbrain and forebrain, role in eye movement and skeletal muscle control

Front 20

Thalamus location

Back 20

Base of forebrain

Front 21

Thalamus

Back 21

Connections between hind and forebrain, connections between senses (except smell) and cerebellum

Front 22

Hypothalamus location

Back 22

Just below thalamus

Front 23

Hypothalamus

Back 23

Main control centre for homeostasis, link between nervous and endocrine systems

Front 24

Cerebrum location

Back 24

Largest upper part (4/5) of the brain, two hemispheres (right and left)

Front 25

Cerebrum

Back 25

Responsible for thoughts, memories, understanding, consciousness, language

Interprets and controls responses to sensory information

Front 26

Corpus Callosum

Back 26

Bundle of white matter linking left and right hemispheres

Front 27

Left Brain

Back 27

Responsible for sequential/logical thinking, linguistic skills, mathematical ability

Front 28

Right Brain

Back 28

Responsible for intuition, visual/spacial skills, artistic abilities

Front 29

Frontal Lobe location

Back 29

Part of the cerebral cortex located behind the forehead

Front 30

Frontal Lobe

Back 30

Responsible for thought, intelligence, memory, personality, voluntary motor skills

Front 31

Temporal Lobe location

Back 31

Part of the cerebral cortex located on the sides of the head

Front 32

Temporal Lobe

Back 32

Responsible for auditory reception, understanding speech, retrieving visual and auditory memories, processing some visual information

Front 33

Parietal Lobe location

Back 33

Part of the cerebral cortex located underneath the top of the head

Front 34

Parietal Lobe

Back 34

Responsible for processing sensory information from skin, information about body position

Front 35

Occipital Lobe location

Back 35

Part of the cerebral cortex located underneath the back of the skull

Front 36

Occipital Lobe

Back 36

Responsible for receiving and processing visual information