Brain Anatomy

By Zach S., Gina V., Hope A.,

Cerebrum
Sensory areas are involved in the
perception of sensory information

Learning speech, emotion, reasoning,

vision, hearing, touch, and movements
Cerebellum
Smoothes and coordinates
contractions of skeletal muscles
cff444. Balances and coordinates
skilled movements. Regulates posture
and balance. May also have a role in
cognition and language processing.
Spinal Cord
Pathway for neuron fibers traveling
to and from the brain

Simple reflexes
Medulla Oblongata
Functions in consciousness,
regulating heart beat, dilating
blood vessels medullary
respiratory
Pons
Relays info between the cerebrum
and cerebellum
Midbrain
Immediate reflex responses and
maintains muscle tones.

Connects the pons to the

diencephalon
Lateral ventricle
Contain cerebrospinal fluid, help
to circulate nutrients and removes
waste.
Frontal Lobe
Cognition and memory.
Parietal Lobe
Processing sensory input
Occipital Lobe
Visual reception and association
Temporal Lobe
Auditory reception and
receptive speech
Corpus callosum
Communication between
two hemispheres
Thalamus
Relays messages between lower brain
centers are cerebral cortex
Optic chiasma
Crucial to vision, left and
right optic nerves intersect
at the chiasma
Pineal Gland
Secretes hormones like testosterone.
Superior colliculus
Receives signals from the retina of the
eye
Inferior Colliculi
Receives input from several peripheral brainstem nuclei.
Pituitary Gland
Produces hormones in the brain.
Hypothalamus
Regulates emotions that you can’t control one of which is stress.
Arbor Vitae
It brings sensory information to and from the cerebellum.
Fornix
Major output tract for the hippocampus.
Olfactory Bulb
The process that analyzes odor information.