Human Brain

Thin outer layer responsible for most complex behaviors and higher mental processes

Combination of upper-level structures

Responsible for regulating emotions and drives

Thick band of axons connecting the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex

Combination of upper-level structures

Part of the limbic system involved in aggression and fear

Thin outer layer responsible for most complex behaviors and higher mental processes

Responsible for transmitting information between brain and rest of body

Responsible for regulating emotions and drives

Helps regulate reflex activities critical for survival

Responsible for transmitting information between brain and rest of body

Combination of upper-level structures

Responsible for transmitting information between brain and rest of body

Helps regulate reflex activities critical for survival

Thin outer layer responsible for most complex behaviors and higher mental processes

Helps screen incoming sensory information and controls arousal

Helps coordinate movement patterns, sleep and arousal

Helps regulate reflex activities critical for survival

Involved with respiration, movement, walking, sleep, and dreaming

Responsible for transmitting information between brain and rest of body

Thin outer layer responsible for most complex behaviors and higher mental processes

Involved with respiration, movement, walking, sleep, and dreaming

Relays sensory messages to cortex

Combination of Pons, Cerebellum, and Medulla

Involved with respiration, movement, walking, sleep, and dreaming

Coordinates fine muscle movement, balance, and some perception and cognition

Responsible for regulating emotions and drives

Thin outer layer responsible for most complex behaviors and higher mental processes

Helps coordinate movement patterns, sleep and arousal

Coordinates fine muscle movement, balance, and some perception and cognition

Involved with respiration, movement, walking, sleep, and dreaming

Combination of upper-level structures

Combination of upper-level structures

Responsible for breathing, heartbeat, and other vital life functions

Coordinates fine muscle movement, balance, and some perception and cognition

Involved with respiration, movement, walking, sleep, and dreaming

Combination of upper-level structures

Involved with respiration, movement, walking, sleep, and dreaming

Coordinates fine muscle movement, balance, and some perception and cognition

Helps coordinate movement patterns, sleep and arousal

Combination of upper-level structures

Combination of Pons, Cerebellum, and Medulla

Responsible for breathing, heartbeat, and other vital life functions

Involved with respiration, movement, walking, sleep, and dreaming