In a nutshell, what is the function of each segment of the brain?
1 Answer
The segments of the brain can be divided into wired regions and non-wired regions. The former is responsible for high-level functions, whereas the latter is responsible to vital functions.
Explanation:
The segments of the brain can be divided into wired regions and non-wired regions. The former is responsible for high-level functions such as thinking and taking decisions; the latter is responsible to vital functions such as breathing and heartbeat rates.
Our brain execute daily two key functions: 1) intelligence based actions; 2) survival based actions. Intelligence based thinking will comprise our ability to make calculation, compose songs or poems, it is represented mainly by the grey matter in the outer surface of the brain, the first you see when cutting open the brain. Survival based actions are done by the lower parts of the brain. One important of the brain that controls vital information is the hypothalamus, it control important human functions such as homeostasis and appetite. The main regions are the bulb and cerebellum, in the lower brain regions, close to the neck; they control vital functions such as equilibrium, bulb, and breathing, cerebellum. There are other divisions, but the conclusions are same.
Some researchers found that the wired areas make us quite close to other animals, such as in brain diseases, inborn or acquired; in some experiments people when in "crisis" looked for the fetus position. "Wired" means that the function already comes from inborn programming, such as some babes can swim. We do not learn to breath, it is wired. It is believed that even some parts of the cerebrum could be wired.
From: By OpenStax College - Anatomy & Physiology, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/col11496/1.6/, Jun 19, 2013., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30148141
See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medulla_oblongata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons
