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Brain - Coggle Diagram
Brain
External Morphology
Temporal Lobe
Function
Understanding language (Wernicke’s area)
Memory
Hearing
Sequencing and organization
Parts
Limbic System region
Wernick's Area
Auditory Cortex
Superior Temporal gyrus
Middle Temporal gyrus
Inferior Temporal gyrus
Occipital Lobe
Function
Interprets vision (color, light, movement)
Parts
Secondary Visual Cortex
Lateral Geniculate Bodies
Primary Visual Cortex
Lingula
Dorsal Stream
Parietal Lobe
Functions
Interprets language, words
Sense of touch, pain, temperature (sensory strip)
Interprets signals from vision, hearing, motor, sensory and memory
Spatial and visual perception
Parts
Superior Parietal lobe
Precuneus Region (medial surface of cerebral hemisphere)
Somatosensory cortex
Inferior Parietal lobe
Brainstem
Function
breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and sleep cycles, digestion, sneezing, coughing, vomiting, and swallowing.
Frontal Lope
Functions
Speech: speaking and writing (Broca’s area
Body movement (motor strip)
Personality, behavior, emotions
Intelligence, concentration, self awareness
Parts
Precentral
Superior frontal
Middle frontal
Inferior frontal gyrus
Cerebellum
Function
coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
Internal Morphology
Cerebellum
is located under the cerebrum
Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
Brainstem
acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord.
It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and sleep cycles, digestion, sneezing, coughing, vomiting, and swallowing.
Cerebrum
is the largest part of the brain and is composed of right and left hemispheres.
In general, the left hemisphere controls speech, comprehension, arithmetic, and writing. The right hemisphere controls creativity, spatial ability, artistic, and musical skills.
Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body.
It performs higher functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as speech, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement.
Deep structures
Hypothalamus
It plays a role in controlling behaviors such as hunger, thirst, sleep, and sexual response. It also regulates body temperature, blood pressure, emotions, and secretion of hormones.
Is located in the floor of the third ventricle and is the master control of the autonomic system.
Pituitary gland
Lies in the sella turcica. It controls other endocrine glands in the body. It secretes hormones that control sexual development, promote bone and muscle growth, and respond to stress.
Thalamus
serves as a relay station for almost all information that comes and goes to the cortex. It plays a role in pain sensation, attention, alertness and memory.
Pineal gland:
Is located behind the third ventricle. It helps regulate the body’s internal clock and circadian rhythms by secreting melatonin.
Basal ganglia
Includes the caudate, putamen and globus pallidus. These nuclei work with the cerebellum to coordinate fine motions, such as fingertip movements.
Limbic system
Is the center of our emotions, learning, and memory. Included in this system are the cingulate gyri, hypothalamus, amygdala (emotional reactions) and hippocampus (memory).
