cerebrum
Main brain mass
The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain, occupying the upper portion of the skull and divided into two hemispheres.
It controls voluntary movements, processes sensory information, and handles higher functions like thinking, learning, memory, and language.
When people tap their temples to suggest intelligence or say someone has "a lot of gray matter," they're referencing the cerebrum's wrinkled outer layer, the cerebral cortex.
Drawing logical conclusions
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
awareness · insight · memory · learning · consciousness · thought · imagination · abstraction
Half-spherical divisions
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- gyriRaised cortical folds
- sulciCerebral cortex grooves
- lobesRounded projecting parts
frontal · parietal · occipital · temporal · neocortex · meninges · ventricles · fissures
Signal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
- gliaNon-neuronal brain cells
- axonsNeuron output extensions
- dendritesNeuron's signal-receiving projections
neurotransmitters · myelin · hippocampus · amygdala · neuroanatomy · plasticity · lateralization · prefrontal
Organized cooperative movement
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- integrationCombining into a whole
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- planningArranging for future events
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
judgment · awareness · insight · memory · learning · consciousness · thought · imagination · abstraction · conceptualization
hemispheres
Half-spherical divisions
lobes · frontal · parietal · occipital · temporal · neocortex · meninges · ventricles · fissures · convolutions
neurons
Signal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
- gliaNon-neuronal brain cells
- axonsNeuron output extensions
dendrites · neurotransmitters · myelin · hippocampus · amygdala · neuroanatomy · plasticity · lateralization · prefrontal · neuroimaging
coordination
Organized cooperative movement
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- integrationCombining into a whole
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- brain regionsfrontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, hippocampus
- cerebrumfrontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, hemisphere
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- braincortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, thalamus, brainstem
- hemisphereshemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere
- cerebral palsyNeurological disorder impairing motor function
- cerebral cortexBrain's outer neural sheet
- cerebral hemorrhageBleeding within the brain
- cerebral hemisphereLateral brain division
- cerebral aneurysmBulging artery in brain
- cerebral arteryBlood vessel supplying brain