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Transcript

What is the brain?

Vocabulary

Objectives

Workbook

Prerequisite Vocababulary

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The Brain!

Can you label the parts of the brain?

Parts of the Brain

Cerebrum

Brain Stem

Cerebellum

Cerebellum:

  • back of brain
  • controls movement, posture, balance

Cerebrum

Cerebrum:

  • largest
  • language, senses, reasoning
  • 2 hemispheres

Cerebellum

Brain Stem

Brain Stem:

  • lowest
  • connects brain to spinal cord
  • controls unconscious functions

Parts:

  • Cerebrum
  • Cerebellum
  • Brain Stem
Not sure? Think about which you think is most important!

Cerebral Cortex

  • outer layer of cerebrum
  • divided into four lobes

Temporal Lobe

Frontal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Parietal Lobe

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Cerebral Cortex

Cranium:

  • protects the brain against physical injuries
  • maintains constant pressure in and around the brain

You may be asking yourself... if the brain is so important, how do we protect it?

Helmets!

  • hard outer shell to take the intial impact (cranium)
  • soft inner liner that absorbs the energy (meninges & cerebrospinal fluid)

Of course, we can wear helmets!

Receives information from the eyes and is responsible for vision

Back of the brain

Responsibilities

Located

Occipital Lobe

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Today, We Will...

  • IDENTIFY THE MAIN PARTS OF THE BRAIN
  • DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE BRAIN
  • EXPLAIN HOW THE BODY PROTECTS THE BRAIN

Prerequisite Vocabulary

A cell that sends an electrical signal

Group of tissues in an organism that perform a specific function

The main control center of an animal body

Neuron

Brain

Organ

We Can't Forget...

Our notes!Page 24

While you watch, focus on the

  • parts of the brain
  • functions of the brain

Share what you know below:

The Brain

Hearing, understanding speech, helps store related memories

Along the sides of your head

Responsibilities

Located

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Temporal Lobe

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Frontal Lobe

Motion, speech, judgment, personality, some memory

At the front of the brain

Responsibilities

Located

Receives information about touch, pressure, and painInvolved in language, reading, and body awareness

Runs from the middle of your head to the back of your head

Responsibilities

Located

Parietal Lobe

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Vocabulary