Brain Vocabulary

Neural Tube

Ventricles

Cerebral Hemispheres

Gyri

Sulci

Fissures

Lobes

Parietal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Temporal Lobe

Frontal Lobe

Broca's Area

Cerebral Cortex

Corpus Callosum

the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

Diencephalon

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs eating, drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion

Limbic System

Pituitary Gland

Pineal Body

Choroid Plexus

Brain Stem

Midbrain

Pons

Medulla Oblongata

Cerebral Aqueduct

Corpora Quadrigemina

Reticular Activating System

Meninges

Dura Mater

Arachnoid Mater

web-like connective tissues that attach to the pia mater; the space under it (subarachnoid space) contains cerebrospinal fluid

Pia Mater

Arachnoid Villi