The Clay Brain

The Clay Brain

For our clay brain, we decided to outline our work with pencil first and number the different parts, for the left hemisphere looking from the sagital plane, we started with the brain stem which consists of the medulla oblongata, pons, and then the midbrain. This part of the brain controls digestion, heart rate, breathing, and sensory and motor nerves. Next came the cerebellum that controls balance and motion, and the Diencephalon; this has the thalamus, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland. The thalamus sorts data, the hypothalamus keeps body in homeostasis, and the pineal gland. Hanging off of the hypothalamus is the pituitary gland which secretes hormones when signaled. The very middle of the brain is the corpus callosum and near that is are the Basal Gangli which is a group of nuclei with the same function. 

Next we drew out the right side to show the lobes of the cortex. the first lobe is the Frontal lobe that gives us emotion and stability, then there is the parietal lobe which senses the environment, the occipital lobe which controls vision, and lastly the temporal lobe which controls language, hearing, and memory. Inside of the parietal lobe is the somatosensory cortex that control the sensors going in and the frontal lobe is the reaction  a.k.a the motor cortex that sends signals back.  Between the occipital lobe and the cerebellum is the transverse fissure, between the frontal and the parietal lobe is the central sulcus, and the postcentral and precentral gyrus is located in the front and back of the central sulcus. Between the frontal and the temporal lobe is the lateral cerebral sulcus and between the parietal and the occipital lobe is the parieto-occipital sulcus.

That is our Clay Brain!