2. Parietal Lobe -processes the sensations of touch, pain and pressure
3. Occipital Lobe -processes visual cues
4. Temporal Lobe -helps sort out certain auditory information including languages. >Understanding language (Wernicke's area) -Sequencing and organisation
5. Cerebellum -helps coordinate muscle activity
Functions of various parts of the human brain as seen in sagittal section.
1. Hypothalamus - controls behaviours like sleep, thirst, hunger and sexual response. - regulates body temperature, blood pressure, hormonal production and emotions
2. Pituitary gland -controls endocrine glands -secretes hormones that control sexual development, promote bone and muscle growth, respond to stress, and fight disease.
3. Pineal gland -controls circadian cycles and sexual growth
4. Thalamus -relay station for information -alertness, attention, pain sensation and memory
5. Limbic system - includes Hippocampus, Amygdala, Epithalamus - controls memory, learning and emotions.
6. Meninges -Dura mater separates the left and right hemisphere, and cerebrum from the cerebellum. -Arachnoid mater covers the brain and provides protection - Pia mater separates the brain from the Cerebro-spinal fluid.
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Annabeth
Should I include Wernicke's region, meninges, brain stem, corpus callosum and pons in it?
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1. Frontal Lobe
governs
-muscle movement
-motor skills
-cognitive functions
> Personality, behaviour, emotions.
> Speech, speaking and composition (Broca's region)
2. Parietal Lobe
-processes the sensations of touch, pain and pressure
3. Occipital Lobe
-processes visual cues
4. Temporal Lobe
-helps sort out certain auditory information including languages.
>Understanding language (Wernicke's area)
-Sequencing and organisation
5. Cerebellum
-helps coordinate muscle activity
Functions of various parts of the human brain as seen in sagittal section.
1. Hypothalamus
- controls behaviours like sleep, thirst, hunger and sexual response.
- regulates body temperature, blood pressure, hormonal production and emotions
2. Pituitary gland
-controls endocrine glands
-secretes hormones that control sexual development, promote bone and muscle growth, respond to stress, and fight disease.
3. Pineal gland
-controls circadian cycles and sexual growth
4. Thalamus
-relay station for information
-alertness, attention, pain sensation and memory
5. Limbic system
- includes Hippocampus, Amygdala, Epithalamus
- controls memory, learning and emotions.
6. Meninges
-Dura mater separates the left and right hemisphere, and cerebrum from the cerebellum.
-Arachnoid mater covers the brain and provides protection
- Pia mater separates the brain from the Cerebro-spinal fluid.