The BrainThe lobes and structures, and what each is chiefly responsible for.Body & healthMajor regions and their principal roles.RegionChiefly doesFrontal lobePlanning, decisions, movement, personalityParietal lobeTouch, spatial awarenessTemporal lobeHearing, language, memoryOccipital lobeVisionCerebellumCoordination, balance, timingBrainstemBreathing, heart rate, consciousnessHippocampusForming new memoriesAmygdalaThreat detection, emotionThe cerebellum holds over half the brain's neurons in about a tenth ofits volume.The Brainlearnposters.com
The Brain — printable health wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the The Brain poster

A 8-row table: Region · Chiefly does.

Major regions and their principal roles.

The cerebellum holds over half the brain's neurons in about a tenth of its volume.

Questions about the The Brain poster

What’s on the The Brain poster?
A 8-row table: Region · Chiefly does. Major regions and their principal roles. Frontal lobe — Planning, decisions, movement, personality; Parietal lobe — Touch, spatial awareness; Temporal lobe — Hearing, language, memory; Occipital lobe — Vision; Cerebellum — Coordination, balance, timing; Brainstem — Breathing, heart rate, consciousness; Hippocampus — Forming new memories; Amygdala — Threat detection, emotion. The cerebellum holds over half the brain's neurons in about a tenth of its volume.
Who is the The Brain poster for?
The Brain belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning anatomy can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the The Brain poster?
No region works alone. These are the areas that matter most, not exclusive assignments. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Brain belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with The Brain?
Blood, Blood Types and The Body Systems sit alongside The Brain in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BloodBlood TypesThe Body Systems
Is the The Brain poster free to download and print?
Yes. The Brain downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the The Brain poster print at?
The Brain is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Brain loses nothing.Printing guide

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