Unit Agenda
• Write this down in your agenda book!
• March 2, Friday – The Hindbrain (HW – study notes)
• March 5, Monday – midbrain and part of cerebrum. (HW
– study notes)
• March 6, Tuesday – QUIZ on the hindbrain, and
midbrain. Finish the cerebrum/forebrain (HW – study
notes).
• March 7, Wednesday – QUIZ on cerebrum. End of six
weeks.
• March 8, Thursday – Focus on putting the entire thing
together. Look at some brain injury case studies. (HW –
Article Review)
• March 9, Friday – Article Review Workday. Article
Review is due on Friday, March 16.
The Hindbrain
•All of these
lower brain
functions occur
without any
conscious effort.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/basics/braintut/f_ab07formdhnd.gif
The Hindbrain
• Label your diagram
as we go.
• You have notes on
the back of your
page.
• You can add notes
from this PowerPoint
(as you see fit) to
your diagram.
http://web.lemoyne.edu/~hevern/ps
y340/graphics/brain_hindbrain.jpg
The Brainstem
• Brain’s basement – oldest
and innermost region.
• Begins where the spinal
cord enters the skull and
swells slightly, forming
the medulla.
• Brainstem is the point at
which nerves to and from
each side of the brain
connect with the body’s
opposite side.
http://www.math.tu-dresden.de/~belov/brain/stem.gif
The Medulla
• Controls the heartbeat
and breathing.
• Destroyed medulla =
instant death
http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/InteractiveBody/html/im
ages/medulla.jpg
http://www.wikipedia.org
Pons
• Sends signals
between the
cerebrum and the
cerebellum.
• Plays a role in
sleep and in
relaying sensory
information (sight,
taste, touch,
sound, smell)
Reticular Formation
•
•
•
Takes some information from the
spinal cord and sends it to the
brain.
Also plays a critical role in arousal.
“The reticular formation has also
been traced as one of the sources
for the introversion and
extroversion character traits.
Introverted people have been
found to have a more easily
stimulated reticular formation,
resulting in a diminished desire to
seek out stimulus. Extroverted
people, however, have a less
easily stimulated reticular
formation, resulting in the need for
more stimulation to maintain brain
activity” Wikipedia
http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session4/23/brain_filter1.jpg
Cerebellum
• Means “little brain”.
• Responsible for some
types of nonverbal
learning and memory.
• The most important
function is
coordinating voluntary
movement.
http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/cerebellum.gif