-Contains six layers of nerve cells that consist of between 14 and 16 billion nerve cells
-Makes up about half the brain mass
-Two millimeters to four millimeters thick
-Carries out higher level processes like consciousness and emotion

-Carries messages for brain to the rest of the body
-One of the main parts of the nervous system
-Smoking can negatively impact this and cause pain
-Over 1 billion neurons consist here

-The bottom and stem like portion of your brain
-Connects your brain to your spinal cord
-Sends messages to the rest of your body to regulate balance, breathing, heart rate, etc.
-The bottom part of this , the “Medulla Oblongata”, is mentioned in the movie The Waterboy

-Largest lobes in the human brain
-Most common region of injury in traumatic brain injury
-Responsible for higher cognitive functions
-The lobe in the front

-Latin word for “tough body”
-This was number 3 on the half brain label sheet
-Is made up of more than 200 million fiber nerves
-This lets both sides of your brain communicate

-Your bodies information relay station
-Located near center of brain
-All the information from your bodies senses besides smell must be processed through here
-Relays information between the cortex and brain stem

-Located in the back of the brain
-Helps with coordination and movement related to motor skills
-Important for making postural adjustments in order to maintain balance
-It holds more than half of your neurons

-Home of the brain's primary somatic sensory cortex
-A region where the brain interprets input from other areas of the body
-Near the back and top of the head
-Damage to this lobe could result in Gerstmann’s Syndrome

-Is named after world's third largest mammal
-There are two of these in the brain
-One of the most studied areas in the brain
-Helps you not forget long term memories

-Main link between the endocrine and nervous systems
-Key function is to produce hormones that keep the body in stable conditions (homeostasis)
-The size of an almond
-Located below the thalamus and above your pituitary gland

-Visual processing area of the brain
-Located in the back of the head
-The smallest lobe of the brain
-Above the the temporal lobe but below the parietal lobe

-Has three parts to it
-Is also called the mesencephalon
-Serves important functions in motor movement, particularly looking and listening
-Also associated with sleep and wakefulness

-About the size of a pea
-Located just behind the bridge of the nose
-Between the hypothalamus and the pineal gland
-Its main function is to produce and release several hormones that help carry out important bodily functions

-Sits behind the ear
-Second largest lobe
-most commonly associated with processing auditory information and with encoding memory
-Named because of its proximity to the temples

-Located at the base of your brain
-Passes messages from your spinal cord to your brain
-Also essential for respiratory systems
-Connects your brain and spinal cord

-Controls our level of consciousness and whether we are asleep or not
-Was the shortest name on your sheet
-A part of the brainstem
-Involved in transferring information between the cerebellum and motor cortex