Brain Game Notes - What Are the Parts of Your Nervous System, Where Are They, and What Do They Do? What happens if  a particular brain area is damaged? (full sentence definitions not needed - be concise; small diagrams may help you remember where things are)

central nervous system (CNS):
 

peripheral nervous system (PNS):
 

    somatic nervous system:
 

    autonomic nervous system (ANS):
 

        sympathetic division:
 

        parasympathetic division:
 

spinal cord

    dorsal roots and ganglia
 

    ventral roots
 

    spinal cord white matter vs gray matter
 

brainstem

    hindbrain

        medulla
 

        pons
 

        ascending portion of the reticular formation
 

        raphe
 

        cerebellum
 

    midbrain

        tectum (superior and inferior colliculi)
 

        substantia nigra
 

forebrain:

    diencephalon

        thalamus
 

        hypothalamus
 

            pituitary gland
 

    basal ganglia (caudate, putamen, globus pallidus)
 

    basal forebrain

        nucleus basalis
 

    limbic system
 

        hippocampus
 

        amygdala
 

    cerebral hemispheres:
 

        corpus callosum:
 

        anterior commissure
 

        cerebral cortex
 

            frontal lobe:
 

                primary motor cortex ( precentral gyrus) & its organization:
 

                prefrontal cortex
 

        parietal lobe:
 

            primary somatosensory cortex  (postcentral gyrus) & its organization:
 

        temporal lobe:
 

            primary auditory cortex:
 

        occipital lobe:
 

            primary visual cortex:
 

ventricles

        hydrocephalus

meninges

        menigitis
 

Other terms:

dorsal vs ventral
 

medial vs lateral
 

gray matter vs white matter