BrainThis is the true story of 16 brain parts, picked to live in the same skull. Find out what happens when each part stops being nice and starts getting real – Real World: Brain.

Frontal Lobe

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

Emotional center or relates to our personality

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qic3WVPg26E/TMaa0AuBxnI/AAAAAAAAAtE/66VRJ9yMPKk/s1600/IMG_8289.JPG

Parietal LobeParietal Lobe

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

 receives & processes sensory info from the body

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=36517.msg347571;

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Temporal LobeTemporal Lobe

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

Regulates memory, emotions, hearing,language, and learning http://coverlaydown.com/2011/03/reposted-

eartunes/

Occipital Lobe

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

Related to vision

http://www.beltina.org/health-dictionary/vision-health-protective-eyewear.html

Cerebellum

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

Regulates balance & posture

http://www.brucebucks.com/2011/06/financial-balance/

Wernicke’s Area

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

 region of the brain that contains motor neurons involved in the comprehension of speech

http://blog.tropo.com/tag/text-to-speech/

Broca’s Area

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

responsible for producing language.

http://www.intotheweb.org/?tag=language

Motor Sensory Cortex

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

controls voluntary muscle movements

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-10/boosting-brain-wave-makes-people-go-slo-mo

Somatosensory Cortex

http://www.neuroskills.com/images/brainstem.jpg

 Receives messages of touch, temperature, and certain other bodily sensations.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091215173017.htm

Limbic System -- Thalamus

Thank you, “The Brain – Top to Bottom”

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca

controls sleep and awake states of consciousness

http://www.dallas-sleep.com/services.php

Limbic System -- Hypothalamus

Thank you, “The Brain – Top to Bottom”

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca

controls body temperature, circadian cycles, sleep, moods, hormonal body processes, hunger, and thirst

http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal

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Limbic System -- Hippocampus

Thank you, “The Brain – Top to Bottom”

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca

Regulates memory & emotion

http://www.1st-digitalcamera.com/memory-cards-camera/

Limbic System -- Amygdala

Thank you, “The Brain – Top to Bottom”

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca

part of the brain that is used in emotion

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mentoring-recovery/2011/09/managing-emotions-and-mentoring-part-2/

Brain Stem -- Medulla

Thank you, “The Brain – Top to Bottom”

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca

it controls automatic functions including heartbeat, breathing, swallowing

http://steppingintosunshine.blogspot.com/2011/07/listen-to-your-heart.html

Brain stem -- Pons

Thank you, “The Brain – Top to Bottom”

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca

Deals with relaxing you

http://www.desiglitters.com/glitters/

weekend/page/6/

Corpus Callosum

Thank you, “The Brain – Top to Bottom”

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca

large bundle of nerve fibers that connect the two cerebral hemispheres

http://www.positiverelationshipsorange

co.com/cognitive_therapy.html

Afferent & Efferent Neurons

http://totallysweettattoos.com/does-it-hurt-to-get-a-tattoo.php

Concerned with the transport of nerve impulse in the human nervous system

Autonomic and Somatic

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7519352_size-pacemaker.html

Control heart rate

Sympathetic & Parasympathetic

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dilated-pupils-causes.html

http://www.radiantpics.com/about-retouching.html

Dilate and contract pupils