The Brain

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The Brain

• By Leah

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Frontal Lobe

• Concerned with reasoning, planning, parts of
  speech and movement (motor cortex), emotions, and
  problem-solving.
• The frontal lobes are considered our emotional
  control center and home to our personality.
• Located in the front part of your head
• The thinking part of the brain

• http//www.epilepsyfoundation.org/answerplace/Medi
  cal/seizures/syndromes/images/frontallobe.gif
• http//faculty.washington.edu/chudler/lobe.html
• http//www.neuroskills.com/tbi/bfrontal.shtml
• In control movie

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Occipital Lobe

• Region in the back of the brain which processes
  visual information.
• Occipital creates visual cortex

• http//www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/image
  s/brain.gif
• http//www.waiting.com/brainanatomy.html

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Parietal Lobe

• Cognition - The mental process of knowing,
  including aspects such as awareness, perception,
  reasoning, and knowledge.
• Information Processing
• Pain and Touch Sensation
• Spatial Orientation - Defines our natural ability
  to maintain our body orientation and/or posture
• in relation to the surrounding environment
• Speech
• Visual Perception

Parietal Lobe

• http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90
  /Brainlobes.png
• http//biology.about.com/library/organs/brain/blpa
  rietallobe.htm
• http//www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochu
  res/media/SpatialD.pdf
• www.dictionary.com

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Temporal Lobe

• The temporal lobes are parts of the cerebrum
  that are involved in speech, memory, and
  hearing.

• http//www.brainexplorer.org/brain-images/temporal
  _lobe.jpg
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_lobe

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Neuron
http//strangepaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10
/neuron.jpg
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Dendrites

• Dendrites branching fingers receive signals
  from axons and send them to the body.

• http//www.brainexplorer.org/brain-images/dendrit
  e.jpg
• Braindemonium posters

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Synapse

• Synapse the gap between neurons where signals
  pass
• The tiny space between neurons where signals
  jump to different neurons

• http//www.scientific-art.com/GIF20files/Medical/
  synapse.GIF
• Braindemoniumposters
• In control movie

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Cell Body

• the cell body is the central part of the neuron
• The cell body also contains many other unique
  structures responsible for making energy and
  getting rid of cellular wastes.

• http//research.cs.tamu.edu/bnl/gallery/photos/rec
  on/dm0714Golgi_cell_body.jpg
• Braindemonium posters
• http//www.biochem.northwestern.edu/holmgren/Gloss
  ary/Definitions/Def-N/nerve_cell_body.html

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Axon

• Axon the long tail sends signals over
  synapse to the dendrites of other neurons

http//www.brainexplorer.org/brain-images/axon.jpg
Braindemonium posters
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The Limbic System

• http//www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/740/6898
  7.JPG

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Thalamus

• Processes sensory information
• (touch, pain, pressure, heat, cold)

http//mediabyran.kib.ki.se/projects/cns/atlas/ima
ges/thalamus02.jpg Braindemonium posters
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Hypothalamus

• Hypothalamus controls body temperature, sleep,
  appetite, thirst
• Pea sized temperature controller, also controls
  your appetite and emotions

http//z.about.com/d/psychology/1/5/C/hypothalamus
.jpg Braindemonium posters In control movie
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The Pituitary Gland

• The pituitary is a small, pea-sized gland located
  at the base of the brain
• http//www.pituitary.org/faq/
• Pituitary gland produces hormones and also
  controls growth
• Braindemonium posters
• http//neurosurgery.ucla.edu/images/Pituitary20

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Amygdala

• Amygdala responds to potential threats
• (the brains 911 system)
• Your amygdala responds to things that scare you

Braindemonium posters http//bama.ua.edu/sprentic
/67220aggression-brain.jpg
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Cerebellum

• The cerebellum controls movement and balance
• Braindemonium posters
• The cerebellum is the least developed out of all
  of the parts of the brain.
• http//www.mult-sclerosis.org/cerebellum.gif

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Cerebrum

• The cerebrum -- which is just Latin for "brain"
  -- is the newest (evolutionarily) and largest
  part of the brain as a whole.  It is here that
  things like perception, imagination, thought,
  judgment, and decision occur.

http//www.dwm.ks.edu.tw/bio/activelearner/40/imag
es/ch40c4.jpg http//webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/genp
sycerebrum.html\
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Medulla

• The medulla controls breathing and heartbeats
• Medulla Oblongata - The medulla oblongata
  functions primarily as a relay station for the
  crossing of motor tracts between the spinal cord
  and the brain. It also contains the respiratory,
  and cardiac centers, as well as many mechanisms
  for controlling reflex activities such as
  coughing, gagging, swallowing and vomiting.

http//abdellab.sunderland.ac.uk/Lectures/Brain/pi
cs/hindbrain.jpg Braindemonium posters http//www.
waiting.com/brainstem.html
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Movie Notes

• The nervous system is like a telephone system
• There is a tiny space between neurons called a
  synapse
• Sensory neurons go to the spinal chord
• The bulge at the top of the spinal chord is the
  brain stem
• The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain
• The brain and the spinal chord - central part of
  the nervous system

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The End
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