Functions of the brain

• What are the features of the Brain stem?

  Highly developed at birth.

  Connects brain to spinal cord.

  Autonomic functions.
• What are the features of the cerebellum?

  Matures late.

  Near the top of the spinal cord.

  Co-ordinates sensory and motor.
• What are the features of the thalamus?

  Deep inside the brain in each hemisphere.

  Info hub, recieves and then sends signals around brain.
• What are the features of the cortex?

  Very thin and folded cover.

  Thinking and processing.

  Frontal, visual, auditory, motor areas in each hemisphere.