Motor Cortex Motor Cortex - Every ______________________________ ____ you make is controlled through the _____________________________ cortex - located in the back of the ______________lobe, just about at the top of your head. - signals in your brain are sent to the ________________, telling them to make a _________________. For example, sometime after you woke up this morning you might have thought to yourself, 'I need to get up.' Without giving it a second thought, a short while later you were standing by your bed and making your next decision of the day. In that brief period of time your PMC and other parts of your brain were doing a tremendous number of calculations to avoid having you fall in a heap on the floor. Motor Cortex

Motor Cortex Motor = car = movement of muscles Right _______________________lobe Car ______________________car – trying to “_______________” to catch up Motor Cortex

Somatosensory Cortex IDEAS FOR A MNEMONIC?? This area detects and interprets information on - _____________________ This area allows us to perceive the ______________, shape, and ___________________ of an object via __________________ This area is responsible for helping us ______________________________ the position of our own body in space. IDEAS FOR A MNEMONIC??

Remembering the brain Cerebral Cortex (Cerebrum) Outermost layer – covers the brain ________________area Divided into the __________________________ Picture a _________________ in a _______________________ Remembering the brain

Remembering the brain Frontal Lobe Where _________ thinking occurs Judgements, decisions, planning Picture ________ on your forehead in a ________door Remembering the brain

Remembering the brain Temporal Lobe _______________ Where auditory processing occurs _______________ Think about ______________and the ______________ of it OR think about where your ears are and your ______________ Remembering the brain

Remembering the brain Parietal lobe While swimming in warm waters a _______________ bites you on the top of your head Parietal lobe on the ________ __________________________ _______________pain, temperature, touch Remembering the brain

Remembering the brain Occipital Lobe - Octopus with ___________ Area of ________________! Eyes in the ___________ ____________________ - occipital lobe in the back of your head Remembering the brain

Remembering the brain Cerebellum Ballerina – BELLE – need __________________________ Helps your __________________ (balance) Positioned right in the middle in the ____________ Remembering the brain