The Brain
Cerebrum: Responsible for speech, reasoning, memory,
personality, movement, sensory information.
4 lobes: occipital, temporal, parietal and frontal
Hypothalamus: Regulates body temperature and metabolism.
Controls hunger, thirst, sleep and sex drive.
Cerebellum: Controls balance, co-ordination of voluntary muscle
movement and muscle tone. It ensures that when
one set of muscles initiates a movement, the
opposing set acts as a brake resulting in smooth
and balanced muscular activity.
Pons: Relay Centre. Transmits information from the medulla oblongata to parts of the brain.
Medulla Oblongata: controls the
autonomic nervous system, which is
part of the peripheral nervous
system.
It includes the sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous systems.
Involuntary control.
Controls heart rate, breathing, blood
pressure, digestion…
Cerebrum: Responsible for speech, reasoning, memory,
personality, movement, sensory information.
4 lobes: occipital, temporal, parietal and frontal
Hypothalamus: Regulates body temperature and metabolism.
Controls hunger, thirst, sleep and sex drive.
Cerebellum: Controls balance, co-ordination of voluntary muscle
movement and muscle tone. It ensures that when
one set of muscles initiates a movement, the
opposing set acts as a brake resulting in smooth
and balanced muscular activity.
Pons: Relay Centre. Transmits information from the medulla oblongata to parts of the brain.
Medulla Oblongata: controls the
autonomic nervous system, which is
part of the peripheral nervous
system.
It includes the sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous systems.
Involuntary control.
Controls heart rate, breathing, blood
pressure, digestion…
