Human Brain

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Human Brain by Mind Map: Human Brain

1. premotor cortex

1.1. responsible for dinating learned movements

1.2. controls the Speech center broca's area

2. 5 senses

2.1. sight = ability to see

2.2. sound = ability to hear

2.3. touch = ability to physically feel

2.4. smell = ability to distinguish scent

2.5. taste = ability to taste

3. fornix

3.1. c shaped bundle of fibers that act as the major output tract of the hippocampus.

3.1.1. part of the limbic system

4. precentral gyrus

4.1. surface of the posterior lobe

4.1.1. primary motor complex (brodmann area 4)

5. central sulcus

5.1. fold in the cerebral cortex

5.1.1. central fissure

5.1.1.1. separates the frontal lobe and the parietal lobe and the primary motor complex from the primary somatosensory cortex

6. postcentral gyrus

6.1. located in lateral parietal lobe

6.2. primary somatosensory cortex

6.3. main sensory area for the sense of touch

6.4. map of sensory space in this location called the sensory homunculus

7. diencephalon

7.1. thalamus

7.1.1. largest portion of the brain

7.1.2. contains relay and the processing center for sensory information

7.2. hypothalamus

7.2.1. narrow stalk connects to pituitary gland

7.2.1.1. pituitary gland

7.2.1.1.1. the primary link between nervous and endocrine system

7.2.2. contains centers that involve emotion autonomic functions and hormone production.

7.3. pineal gland (part of the epithalamus)

8. cerebellum

8.1. receives info from the sensory systems the spinal cord and the other parts of the brain and regulates the motor movement

8.1.1. coordinates voluntary movement

8.1.1.1. controls speech ,posture, balance, smooth balance of muscle activity

9. optic chiasm

9.1. formed by the crossing of the optic nerves in the brain

9.2. x-shaped structure

9.3. connects the brain to the eye

9.4. a turning point in evolution

10. parietal lobe

10.1. back of the brain

10.2. divided into two hemispheres

10.3. processing the sensory information regarding the location of pars of the body

10.4. interpreting visual information and processing language and mathematics

11. Somatic sensory Association Area (monitors the Activity in the primary sensory cortex)

12. somatic motor Association area

13. frontal lobe

13.1. part of the brain that controls important cognitive skills

13.2. emotional expression, problem solving, memory, language, judgment, and sexual behaviors

13.3. control panel for our personality and our ways of communication

14. parieto-occipital sulcus

14.1. grove in the cerebral cortex separating the precuneus of the parietal lobe from the cuneus of the occipital lobe on the medial surface of cerebral cortex

14.2. main center for visual processing

15. brain stem

15.1. stem controls the flow of messages between the brainand the rest of the body, also controls basic body functions

15.1.1. pons

15.1.1.1. relay signals from the forebrain to the cerebellum

15.1.1.2. deal primarily with sleep, respiration, Swallowing , bladder control, hearing,equilibrium, taste, eye movement, facial expressions, facial sensation, and even posture

15.1.2. medulla oblongata

15.1.2.1. portion of the hind brain

15.1.2.2. controls the autonomic functions

15.1.2.3. breathing, digestion, heart and blood vessel function,swallowing and sneezing

15.1.2.4. motor and sensory neurons from the midbrain and forebrain travel through the medulla

15.1.2.5. vagus nerve exits from here

15.1.3. midbrain

15.1.3.1. mesencephalon

15.1.3.1.1. region of the developing vertebrate brain composed of the tectum tegmentum

15.1.3.1.2. serves important functions in motor movement

15.1.3.1.3. movements of the eye and the auditory visual processing

16. temporal lobe

16.1. located behind the ear extends to both side of the brain

16.2. involved in vision, memory, sensory input, language, emotion,and comprehension

17. mamillary body

17.1. small round bodies

17.2. located on the under surface of the brain

17.3. part of the diencephalon

17.4. form part of the limbic system

17.4.1. located at the ends of the anterior arches of the formix

17.5. important for recall of the memory

18. occipital lobe

18.1. one of the four main lobes

18.2. region of cerebral cortex

18.3. vital for receiving processing and interpreting sensory information.

18.4. positioned at the posterior region of cerebral cortex

18.5. main center for visual processing

19. lateral sulcus

19.1. sylvian fissure or lateral fissure

20. Association Areas

20.1. (regions that interpret data)