Brain Anatomy.pdf - Medical Neuroscience Use your lecture...

Medical Neuroscience
Use your lecture notes and the Brain Model to name and locate the brain major regions.
Name: Carlos Barboza
Name (Brain Regions) Location Function
Cerebellum Found dorsal to the pons
(along the longitudinal axis
of the stem and spinal
cord) and attached to the
pons by three white matter
tracts superior middle and
inferior to peduncles
Serves by providing balance and control of
motions
Coordinates complex somatic motor
patterns and adjusts output of other somatic
motor centers in the brain and spinal cord
Cerebrum Found superior to the axial
plane, can be separated
into its two hemispheres by
the sagittal plane and is the
outermost portion of the
brain
Frontal – voluntary movement, expressive
language and for managing higher level
executive functions
Parietal – processing the senses of touch,
pain, temperature, and the sense of limb
position (somatosensory function)
Occipital – visual perception, like color,
motion, and form
Temporal – processing language, emotion,
and some parts of visual perception
Central sulcus – divides the pre- and post-
central gyri along the dorsal-ventral plane of