Each cerebral hemisphere is divided into five lobes, four of which have the same name as the bone over them: the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, ...Home  » Site-specificModules  » Brain&OtherNervousSystemTumors  » Brain&CNSTumors  » Anatomy  » BrainSectionMenuCancerRegistration&SurveillanceModulesSite-specificModulesResourcesArchivedModulesUpdatesAcknowledgementsBrainCerebrumThecerebrumisthepartofthebrainthatreceivesandprocessesconscioussensation,generatesthought,andcontrolsconsciousactivity.Itistheuppermostandlargestpartofthebrainandisdividedintoleftandrighthemispheres,whicharejoinedbyandcommunicatedthroughthecorpuscallosum.Eachcerebralhemisphereisdividedintofivelobes,fourofwhichhavethesamenameastheboneoverthem:thefrontallobe,theparietallobe,theoccipitallobe,andthetemporallobe.Afifthlobe,theinsulaorIslandofReil,liesdeepwithinthelateralsulcus.CerebellumTheCerebellumisacauliflower-shapedsectionofthebrainlocatedinthehindbrain,atthebottomrearofthehead,directlybehindthepons.Thecerebellumisacomplexsystemmostlydedicatedtotheintricatecoordinationofvoluntarymovement,includingwalkingandbalance.Damagetothecerebellumleavesthesuffererwithagaitthatappearsdrunkenandisdifficulttocontrol.VentriclesandCerebrospinalFluidAseriesofinterconnected,fluid-filledcavitiescalledventriclesliewithinthebrain.Thefluidiscerebrospinalfluid(CSF),whichalsocirculatesovertheoutsideofthebrainandspinalcord.BrainStemThebrainstemisthepartofthebraincontinuouswiththespinalcordandcomprisingthemedullaoblongata,pons,midbrain,andpartsofthehypothalamus.TentoriumThetentoriumisafoldoftheduramater,whichseparatesthecerebellumfromthecerebrum,andoftenenclosesaprocessorplateoftheskullcalledthebonytentorium.FormoreinformationaboutanatomyofbrainandCNS,gototheNervousSystemsectionoftheAnatomy&PhysiologymoduleonthisWebsite.«Previous(Neurons&GlialCells)Next(Meninges)»^BacktoTop