1. Brain Haikus Review

2. Autonomic acts Breathing, heart rate, and digestion Vital reflexes

3. MEDULLA

4. Inside the brainstem It regulates attention And awareness too

5. RETICULAR FORMATION

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

7. CEREBELLUM

8. Surrounds the brainstem Emotion, motivation Learning and memory

9. LIMBIC SYSTEM

10. Almond-shaped structure For memories and learning Fear and Aggression

11. AMYGDALA

12. Homeostasis Rules pituitary gland Forms motivation

13. HYPOTHALAMUS

14. Wrinkled covering Sophisticated thinking Bigger in humans

15. CEREBRAL CORTEX

16. Voluntary moves For control of emotions Thinking and planning

17. FRONTAL LOBES

18. Somatosensory Receives sensory info Processes senses

19. PARIETAL LOBE

20. Very back of the brain Primary visual cortex Processing images

21. OCCIPITAL LOBES

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

23. TEMPORAL LOBES

24. On the frontal lobe For voluntary movement Plans and executes

25. MOTOR CORTEX

26. Parietal lobe Receives information for Body sensations

27. SENSORY CORTEX

28. For integration Formation of perceptions High-level thinking

29. ASSOCIATION AREAS

30. Lower frontal lobe Crucial in speech production Can still understand

31. BROCA’S AREA

32. Left temporal lobe Cannot understand language Spoken or written

33. WERNICKE’S AREA

34. A thick band of nerves Connects the two hemispheres Communication

35. CORPUS COLLOSOM

36. Endocrine system Regulates the other glands Produces hormones

37. PITUITARY GLAND

38. Group of nuclei Controls voluntary moves Establishes posture

39. BASAL GANGLIA

40. For coordination Bridge to the cerebellum Integrates movement

41. PONS

42. Neurogenesis Even in an adult brain Forms new memories

43. HIPPOCAMPUS

44. A relay station For incoming and outgoing Neural messages

45. THALAMUS

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

47. OPTIC CHIASM

48. Very tiny gland Produces melatonin Regulates sleep cycles

49. PINEAL GLAND

50. Reduces weight Cerebrospinal Fluid Absorbs shocks to brain

51. VENTRICLES