Brain Parts With Mnemonics

Hindbrain

Hindbrain Brain area containing the medulla, pons, and cerebellum

Hindbrain?

Midbrain

Midbrain Region between the hindbrain and the forebrain; it is important for hearing and sight and is one of several places in the brain where pain is registered

Midbrain? Malcolm in the Middle

Forebrain

Forebrain Part of the brain, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, and cerebral cortex

Forebrain?

Brain Stem

Brain Stem Oldest and innermost “central core” of brain; begins where spinal cord swells and enters skull – responsible for automatic survival functions

Brain Stem

Pons

Pons Just above the medulla—helps coordinate movements

Pons Just above the medulla—helps coordinate movements -- PONDS

Thalamus

Thalamus Area of the forebrain that relays and translates incoming messages from the sense receptors, except those for smell

Thalamus

Cerebellum

Cerebellum Two hemispheres in the hindbrain that control certain reflexes and coordinate the body’s movements

Cerebellum

Limbic System

Limbic System Located below the cerebral hemispheres – associated with emotions and drives hippocampus, amygdale, hypothalamus

Limbic System Located below the cerebral hemispheres – associated with emotions and drives hippocampus, amygdale, hypothalamus

Hippocampus

Hippocampus Processes memory

Hippocampus Processes memory

Amygdala

Amygdala Two “lima bean-sized” neural clusters (limbic system) – Linked to emotions (aggression, fear)

Amygdala Two “lima bean-sized” neural clusters (limbic system) – Linked to emotions (aggression, fear)

Hypothalamus

Hypothalamus Forebrain region governs motivation and emotional responses

Hypothalamus

Cerebrum

Cerebrum Two large hemispheres that contribute 85% of the brain’s weight – enable perceiving, thinking, speaking

Cerebral Cortex

Cerebral Cortex The two hemispheres of the forebrain that regulate most complex behavior – Cerebrum?

Cerebral Cortex

Convolutions Folds in the cerebral cortex that allow its mass to fit inside the skull

Frontal Lobe

Frontal Lobe Largest of the association areas*; the site of such uniquely human activities as self-awareness, initiative, and planning *Large areas of cerebral cortex dealing with both sensory and motor…

Frontal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Occipital Lobe Part of the cerebral cortex that receives and interprets visual information

Occipital Lobe

Temporal Lobe

Temporal Lobe Part of the cerebral cortex that controls hearing and some processing of visual information

Temporal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Parietal Lobe Part of the cerebral cortex that responds to sensations of touch and bodily position and informs the brain of events worthy of special attention

Parietal Lobe

Corpus Callosum

Corpus Callosum Ribbon-like band that connects the two hemispheres of the brain and coordinates their activities

Corpus Callosum