Brain Structure

• brainstem/medulla


  oldest part of the brain; responsible for automatic survival functions
• thalamus


  receives sensory information
• recticular formation


  controls sleep/wake cycles
• cerebellum


  fine motor control
• The hypothalamus, thalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus are all a part of what?

  the limbic system
• amygdala


  triggers fight or flight
• hypothalamus


  regulates automatic nervous system
• hippocampus


  memory storage
• the frontal lobes, parietal lobes, occipital lobes, and temporal lobes are all a part of what?

  the cerebral cortex