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THE BRAIN - How Brain works - Coggle Diagram
THE BRAIN - How Brain works
Thomas Willis
3 MAIN STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN
Brain Stem (involuntary actions including heartbeat & breathing)
pons
midbrain
medulla oblongata
Cerebrum (memory and movements)
2 parts
left hemisphere
speech abnormalities if damage
handedness
logical abilities
right hemisphere
creativity
spatial reasoning, visual-spatial task
4 areas
temporal lobe
visual memory, language comprehension, and emotion association
occipital lobe
vission
parietal lobe
sensory perceptions and language processes
frontal lobe
thoughts, language, memory, and perception
Cerebellum (coordination of muscle and equilibrium)
CORPUS CALLOSIUM
structure that connects both hemisphere, a bundle of axons that sends messages from one side to another
NEURON
other term for nerve cell
NEUROTRANSMITTER
transmit messages from one neurons to next neuron