Parts of the Brain exercise - Free Printable

Let's solve this step-by-step by matching the functions listed in the table to the correct parts of the brain shown in the diagram.

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🔍 Step 1: Identify the Brain Regions Based on Color and Position

The brain is divided into colored sections:

1. Blue (Left side) – This is the frontal lobe (part of the cerebrum).
2. Purple (Top center) – This is the parietal lobe.
3. Green (Right side, back) – This is the occipital lobe.
4. Orange (Below, middle) – This is the temporal lobe.
5. Pink (Back, below) – This is the cerebellum.
6. Brown (Bottom stem) – This is the brainstem (specifically the medulla oblongata or pons).

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🧠 Step 2: Match Functions to Brain Parts

Now let’s match each function to the correct brain region based on known neuroscience:

#### 1. Evaluates risks and rewards. Regulates emotions and thoughts.
- This is a function of the frontal lobe (especially the prefrontal cortex).
- ✔ Matches with Blue region → Frontal Lobe

#### 2. Tells you what you hear, organizes memory and helps you keep your balance.
- Hearing is processed in the temporal lobe.
- Memory and some aspects of balance are also managed here.
- ✔ Matches with Orange region → Temporal Lobe

#### 3. Helps regulate heart rate, breathing, sleeping and eating.
- These are autonomic functions controlled by the brainstem, specifically the medulla oblongata.
- ✔ Matches with Brown region → Brainstem

#### 4. Tells you what you see.
- Vision is processed in the occipital lobe.
- ✔ Matches with Green region → Occipital Lobe

#### 5. Communicates with other lobes and helps with interpreting the senses.
- The parietal lobe integrates sensory information from various parts of the body and communicates with other lobes.
- ✔ Matches with Purple region → Parietal Lobe

#### 6. Helps control and coordination and balance. Enables talking, walking...
- Coordination and balance are primarily handled by the cerebellum.
- Also involved in motor control (like walking), and contributes to speech coordination.
- ✔ Matches with Pink region → Cerebellum

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✔ Final Answer Table

| PART OF THE BRAIN | FUNCTION |
|-------------------|---------|
| Frontal Lobe | Evaluates risks and rewards. Regulates emotions and thoughts. |
| Temporal Lobe | Tells you what you hear, organizes memory and helps you keep your balance. |
| Brainstem | Helps regulate heart rate, breathing, sleeping and eating. |
| Occipital Lobe | Tells you what you see. |
| Parietal Lobe | Communicates with other lobes and helps with interpreting the senses. |
| Cerebellum | Helps control and coordination and balance. Enables talking, walking... |

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🎯 Summary

You can now label the brain diagram as follows:
- Blue → Frontal Lobe
- Purple → Parietal Lobe
- Green → Occipital Lobe
- Orange → Temporal Lobe
- Pink → Cerebellum
- Brown → Brainstem

Each part corresponds to its function in the table above.

✔ Done!