BRAIN PARTS FUNCTIONS BRAIN STRUCTURES FUNCTIONS BRAIN FUNCTIONS
BRAIN PARTS & FUNCTIONS
BRAIN STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS
BRAIN FUNCTIONS PARTS
BRAIN PARTS & FUNCTIONS • MENINGES = TOUGH OUTER • PROTECTIVE COVERING OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD COMPOSED OF 3 MEMBRANE LAYERS: • PIA MATTER (INSIDE MOST LAYER) INSULA= PART OF THE CEREBRUM AND USED AS AN ANATOMICAL MARKER- ENFOLD OF CEREBRUM BETWEEN THE PARIETAL AND TEMPORAL LOBES • LINKED TO CRAVING- SEE LESSON 3 ACTIVITY 1 • BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER= PROTECTIVE MECHANISM THAT • ARACHNOID ( THIN COVERING MAKES MOVEMENT OF MOLECULES INTO FROM THE BETWEEN PIA MATTER AND CAPILLARIES INTO THE BRAIN DURA MATTER) CELLS MORE DIFFICULT THAN • DURA MATER (OUTSIDE MOST) EXCHANGES IN OTHER BODY - TOUGH MEMBRANE, HOLDS ORGANS BRAIN IN PLACE, LIMITS • GIVES THE BRAIN GREATER PROTECTION FROM EXPOSURE TO MOVEMENT SOME SUBSTANCES FOUND IN THE BLOOD
BRAIN PARTS & FUNCTIONS • BRAINSTEM= CONTROLS VITAL AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS PRIMARILY (BREATHING, HEART RATE, DIGESTION, VESSEL CONSTRICTION/DILATION, ETC. ). • CONSISTS OF MIDBRAIN, PONS AND MEDULLA. • PARIETAL LOBE= RECEPTION OF SENSORY INFORMATION OF THE BODY • FRONTAL LOBE= DECISION MAKING, PROBLEM SOLVING & PLANNING • TEMPORAL LOBE= MEMORY , LANGUAGE, HEARING AND EMOTION • OCCIPITAL LOBE= VISION PRIMARILY • BROCA’S AREA= SPEECH PRODUCTION AND ARTICULATION • WERNICKE’S AREA= LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
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