Brain Flash cards

Frontal Lobe Output center of brain Personality Morals and ethics Ability to form words for speaking Skeletal muscle movement (voluntary movement)

Pre-central Gyrus Primary motor area ◦ Allows us to consciously move our skeletal muscles

Parietal Lobe Input lobe Files for memory Understanding speech (Broca’s area) Recognition of objects, people, places, and events

Post-central Gyrus Somatic sensory area Receives input from particular parts of the body

Occipital Lobe Input Receives information from eyes vision

Temporal lobe Input Hearing balance

Cerebellum Involuntary Controls coordination

Brain Stem Pons ◦ Controls breathing Medulla Oblongata ◦ Controls  Heart rate  Blood pressure  Breathing  swallowing