The Nervous System &

Behavior

Module 3.1
Divisions of the Nervous System
 Major Brain Regions:
Hindbrain/Brainstem
• Medulla

• Pons

• Cerebellum

l Thalamus

Hypothalamu
Corpus collosum

Pons
Cerebellum

Medulla

Spinal cord
Midbrain
• Very small
area

• All incoming and

outgoing info is
filtered thru the
midbrain
l Thalamus

Hypothalamus
Corpus collosum

Pons
Cerebellum

Medulla

Spinal cord
Forebrain
• Controls emotions,
memory, thought,
language, etc.
• ____________
– Sensory info
• _____________
– Controls the
autonomic nervous
system
The Forebrain
– The outer covering of the forebrain is known as the
__________ ____________.

– It is made up of the gray matter, the

_______________ of the cortical neurons.

– The interior of the forebrain is made up of white

matter or ________ of cortical neurons. It is white
because of the myelin that coats axons.
 Cerebrum or Cerebral cortex
• Responsible for higher functions of our
behavior
• Cerebrum = considered the ”_________
branch" of the brain
• Divided into 2 sections or hemispheres
 Left Hemisphere
__________ of information:
 language, logical and sequential tasks (e.g. math

problems).

Right Hemisphere
•Specializes in putting things together – ___________.

•Controls visual-spatial abilities such as reading maps or following

a dress pattern

What is the corpus callosum?

 Occipital

• Visual processing

Parietal
•Perception of body senses

•Primary _____________ cortex

 Temporal
• ____________ processing
• Amygdala
Frontal
•Motor, planning, memory
•The prefrontal cortex is responsible for
organization, planning of action, and aspects of
memory.
The Corpus Callosum and the
Split-Brain