- Cerebrum—outer layers of the brain, largest and most complex part of the brain. It has many parts called lobes. The lobes have different jobs.
- Frontal lobe—movement, planning, reasoning, responses to our surroundings, emotions, word meanings
- Parietal lobe—sense of touch, focusing on and understanding our surroundings, naming things, writing words, drawing, reading
- Occipital lobe—vision
- Temporal lobes—hearing, memory, understanding speech, recognizing faces, behavior
- Brain stem—lowest part of the brain, connects the brain to the spinal cord. It controls breathing, heart rate, swallowing, alertness, sleep, balance, blood pressure, digestion, temperature, and sweating
- Cerebellum—behind the brain stem and below the occipital lobe. It controls coordination of movements, balance, equilibrium
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