Brain

• What is the brain protected by 


  Skull and protective membranes called Meninges
• 1. Frontal lobe
  2. parietal lobe
  3. cerebrum
  4. occipital lobe
  5. cerebellum
  6. medulla oblongata
  7. hypothalamus
  8. temporal lobe

  
• What is the cerebrum responsible for

  Coordinating voluntary responses
• Is the cerebrum split into sections

  Yes, right controls left side of the body and left controls the right side of the body
• What connects the two hemispheres in the cerebrum 


  corpus callosum
• what does the cerebellum do

  It controls muscular movements, like balance and posture, it doesnt initiate them just coordinates them
• Where does the cerebellum receive info from

  from organs of balance in the ears and tone of muscle/tendons
• What is the hypothalamus

  The main region that controls the autonomic nervous system E.g controlling complex beh patterns, monitoring composition of blood plasma
• What is the pituitary gland


  Found at the base of the hypothalamus it controls most glands in the body
• What is the anterior pituitary 


  Front sections and produces 6 hormones like FSH
• What is the posterior pituitary

  Back section and stores and releases hormones produced by the hypothalamus
• What is the medulla oblongata

  Contains many important regulatory centres of autonomic nervous system, control reflex activities like breathing rate and swallowing