Brain functions

Cards (19)

  • The frontal lobe is responsible for happiness, reasoning, problem solving, focusing and attention
  • Broca's area is responsible for speech production
  • The occipital lobe is responsible for vision
  • Wernicke's area is responsible for language comprehension
  • The parietal lobe is responsible for smell
  • The temporal lobe is responsible for hearing and memory
  • The cerebellum helps with muscle coordination and balance
  • The brainstem connects the spinal cord to the rest of the brain
  • All parts of the brainstem are involved in the control of breathing
  • The medulla oblongata along with other pons and the midbrain help with breathing
  • The pons along with the medulla oblongata and the midbrain help with breathing
  • The midbrain along with the medulla oblongata and the pons help with breathing
  • The whole limbic system helps regulate breathing
  • The hypothalamus controls thirst and hunger, along with blood pressure regulation
  • The hippocampus orchestrates memory consolidation aka long term memories
  • The thalamus helps the brain process normal things like sleeping and walking
  • The auditory cortex helps with listening and hearing and is located in the temporal lobe.
  • When you feel different objects with your senses, that is the sensory cortex located in the parietal lobe
  • The motor cortex helps you move