Brain Structures and Functions

Point where the spinal cord connects with the brain. The brain stem takes in, sends out, and coordinates all of the brain's messages it controls the body's vital functions, such as heartbeat, breathing, swallowing, and digestion.

Responsible for all reasoning, planning, memory, and sensory processing. All conscious thought originates here.

Responsible for balance, movement, and coordination.

Responsible for the conscious perception of visual input.

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• Cortex

• This is called the "little brain," and it is located near the back. It is in charge of coordination and balance.

• Brain Stem

• This is a special part of the brain that receives and processes information from your senses.

• Cerebellum

• This connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls the functions like breathing, heart rate and digestion.

• Cerebrum

• Largest part of the brain - Helps us to think, move, remember, problem solve, and regulate emotions.

Receive information about smells from the nose and send it to the brain.

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Receive visual stimuli from the eyes and relay this information to the visual cortex in the occipital lobe.

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Responsible for the conscious perception of touch, pressure, vibration, pain, temperature, and taste

Controls body temperature, thirst, appetite, sleep patterns, and other processes in our bodies that happen automatically.

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Responsible for many roles in behavior and personality, such as planning, initiated movements, social and emotional processing, and attention, as well roles in memory retrieval and storage.