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Frontal executive function, impulse control; Broca's area
where motorization of speech occurs; L post area.
Parietal MCA; somatosensory; motor cortex (voluntary
gross movement), sensory cortex.
Occipital visual cortex
Temporal MCA; language, memory, learning, sensory
processing; Wernicke's area interpretation of
speech.
Subcortical structures Basal ganglia, Limbic system, Diencephalon
Basal ganglia coordinate movement and emotion
Limbic system amygdala and cingulate gyrus (memory and
emotion), hippocampus (memory and learning).
Diencephalon thalamus (relay center), hypothalamus (regulate
thirst, hormones, and temp).
, Grey matter cell bodies; outside layer; White matter -
myelinated axons , inside
Cerebellum balance, smooth coordination
Midbrain sits on pons; coordinates eye movements and
visual / auditory reflexes; CN's 2-4.
Pons relayer and message center between cerebellum
and cerebrum, autonomic nervous system; CN's
5-8.
Medulla oblongata relay center, CN's 9-12
CN 1 Olfactory
CN 2 Optic
CN 3 Oculomotor - looking up.
CN 4 Trochlear - looking down and in.
CN 5 Trigeminal - face senses, chewing.
CN 6 Abducens - looking down and out.
CN 7 Facial - raise eyebrows, smile, puff cheeks.
CN 8 Acoustic
CN 9 Glossopharyngeal - oral sensation, taste.