Brain Haikus Review

Autonomic acts Breathing, heart rate, and digestion Vital reflexes

MEDULLA

Inside the brainstem It regulates attention And awareness too

RETICULAR FORMATION

It’s the little brain For muscle coordination Posture and balance

CEREBELLUM

Surrounds the brainstem Emotion, motivation Learning and memory

LIMBIC SYSTEM

Almond-shaped structure For memories and learning Fear and Aggression

AMYGDALA

Homeostasis Rules pituitary gland Forms motivation

HYPOTHALAMUS

Wrinkled covering Sophisticated thinking Bigger in humans

CEREBRAL CORTEX

Voluntary moves For control of emotions Thinking and planning

FRONTAL LOBES

Somatosensory Receives sensory info Processes senses

PARIETAL LOBE

Very back of the brain Primary visual cortex Processing images

OCCIPITAL LOBES

Behind the temples Can process what you’re hearing Auditory cortex

TEMPORAL LOBES

On the frontal lobe For voluntary movement Plans and executes

MOTOR CORTEX

Parietal lobe Receives information for Body sensations

SENSORY CORTEX

For integration Formation of perceptions High-level thinking

ASSOCIATION AREAS

Lower frontal lobe Crucial in speech production Can still understand

BROCA’S AREA

Left temporal lobe Cannot understand language Spoken or written

WERNICKE’S AREA

A thick band of nerves Connects the two hemispheres Communication

CORPUS COLLOSOM

Endocrine system Regulates the other glands Produces hormones

PITUITARY GLAND

Group of nuclei Controls voluntary moves Establishes posture

BASAL GANGLIA

For coordination Bridge to the cerebellum Integrates movement

PONS

Neurogenesis Even in an adult brain Forms new memories

HIPPOCAMPUS

A relay station For incoming and outgoing Neural messages

THALAMUS

Where optic nerves meet And partly cross over to The opposite side

OPTIC CHIASM

Very tiny gland Produces melatonin Regulates sleep cycles

PINEAL GLAND

Reduces weight Cerebrospinal Fluid Absorbs shocks to brain

VENTRICLES