Foetal Brain Development

• At five weeks the foetal brain will split into anterior and posterior.
• At five weeks the hindbrain splits into left and right.
• At five weeks the foetal brain is described as a tube like shape.
• At thirteen weeks the cerebellum and medulla oblongata develop.
• At thirteen weeks the forebrain becomes the cerebrum and the hindbrain becomes the cerebellum.
• Cerebellum

  Controls motor movement and fear responses.
• Medulla Oblongata


  Controls involuntary actions such as breathing, sneezing and blood flow.