The Brain

The Brain

Wernicke’s Area(left temporal lobe)

Understanding speech and language

¿Me comprendes? ¿Qué? What?

The Brain

Broca’s Area (left frontal lobe)

Helps you speak(In Spanish Boca=mouth)

The Brain

Wernicke’s Area & Broca’s Area=Left side of brain only. Left side=Language

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The Brain

The Occipital Lobe

Responsible for vision

Ophthalmologist - a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology (medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.)

The Brain

The Occipital Lobe

“She has eyes in the back of her head.”

The BrainThe Parietal Lobe

1 of the 4 lobes of the brain.

Allows us to process pain, pressure, and other physical sensations like hot and cold sensations. It is also the area of the brain that allows us to identify objects. It also plays a part in reading, writing, language and calculation.

The BrainThe Parietal Lobe

Think: Parents can always sense when something is wrong. They can also help us with reading, writing, language and calculation.

The Brain

Hippocampus

Memory-Many times damage does not eliminate existing memories, but prevents the formation of new. (Anterograde amnesia.)

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Hippocampus=Curved shape. Hippocampus is Greek for seahorse. Located on both the right and left side of the brain.

The Brain

Cerebellum=Balance, coordination, movement. This is Sarah. She has great balance.

Learning and memory. (Procedural Memory.)

The BrainCerebellum=Balance, coordination, movement.

Learning and memory.

Cerebellum in Latin=Little brain

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Corpus Callosum=Transfers messages from one hemisphere to another. White matter tract connecting the right and left cerebral hemispheres of the brain. Means large (Callosum) body (Corpus) in Latin.

The BrainExplain the function and location of the following to a partner:

Wernicke’s AreaBroca’s AreaOccipital LobeParietal LobeHippocampusCerebellumCorpus Callosum