parts of the brain

Question 1

Hindbrain

Answer 1

The hindbrain coordinates functions that are fundamental to survival, including respiratory rhythm, motor activity, sleep, and
wakefulness.

Question 2

Midbrain

Answer 2

The midbrain serves important functions in motor movement, particularly movements of the eye, and in auditory and visual processing.

Question 3

Forebrain

Answer 3

The forebrain controls body temperature, reproductive

functions, eating, sleeping, and the display of emotions

Question 4

Left hemisphere

Answer 4

The left side of the brain is responsible for controlling the right side of the body. It also performs tasks that have to do with logic, such as in science and mathematics.

Question 5

Right hemisphere

Answer 5

the right hemisphere coordinates the left side of the body, and performs tasks that have do with creativity and the arts.

Question 6

Corpus callosum

Answer 6

Joins the left and right hemispheres. Allows them to

communicate.

Question 7

Frontal lobe

Answer 7

important cognitive skills in humans, such as emotional expression, problem solving, memory, language, judgment, and sexual behaviors.

Question 8

Parietal lobe

Answer 8

It functions in processing
sensory information regarding the location of parts of the body as well as
interpreting visual information and processing language and mathematics.

Question 9

Temporal lobe

Answer 9

The temporal lobe is involved in primary auditory processing, such as hearing.

Question 10

Occipital lobe

Answer 10

participates in vision processing. It processes

and interprets everything we see.

Question 11

Structure of the neuron

Answer 11

• Cell body - contains the nucleus, powerhouse of the cell.
• Axon - conducts impulses away from the cell body
• Dendrites - receive impulses
• Myelin sheath - fatty layer that insulates axon and speeds up communication.