Why the limbic system is called the emotional brain ? Name the parts of it.

Explanation

(i) The limbic system is called .emotional brain. because it plays a primary role in the regulation of pleasure, pain, anger, fear,sexual feeling and affection. The hippocampus and amygdala also play a role in memory.
The main components of limbic system are olfactory bulbs, cingulate gyrus, mammillary body, amygdala, hippocampus and hypothalamus.