Brain Anatomy

Question 1

brain stem

Answer 1

the oldest part and center core of the brain beginning of spinal cord

responsible for involuntary actions
breathing, eating, drinking

Question 2

medulla

Answer 2

base of brain stem

controls heartbeat and breathing

Question 3

thalamus

Answer 3

brain sensory control center

receives info from all senses except smell and routes it to higher brain regions that deal with those senses

Question 4

cerebellum

Answer 4

means little brain

enables nonverbal learning and memory, moderate emotions, and discriminate sounds, coordinates with voluntary movement

Question 5

limbic system

Answer 5

associated with emotion and drives

contains amygdala, hypothalamus, hippocampus

Question 6

Hippocampus

Answer 6

process conscious memories

memory

Question 7

amygdala

Answer 7

linked to emotion, aggression and fear

Question 8

Hypothalamus

Answer 8

directs and influences hunger, thirst, body temperature, and sex behavior

monitors the state or your body, governs endocrine system

linked to emotion and reward

Question 9

cerebral cortex

Answer 9

your body’s ultimate control and info-processing center

Question 10

pons

Answer 10

connects the brainstem to cerebellum

involves sleep and arousal

Question 11

reticular formation

Answer 11

contributes to the influence of muscle reflexes, breathing, pain perception

regulating sleep and arousal.

Question 12

frontal lobe

Answer 12

behind your forehead

involves with speaking, muscle movements, making plans and judgements

Question 13

parietal lobe

Answer 13

top of head toward the rear

sensory input for touch and body position

Question 14

occipital lobe

Answer 14

at the below back

receives info from visual fields

Question 15

temporal lobe

Answer 15

above ears

receives auditory info each receiving info from the opposite ear

Question 16

motor cortex

Answer 16

rear of frontal lobe

controls voluntary movement

Question 17

stomato (sensory) cortex

Answer 17

area front of parietal lobe

processes body touch and movement

Question 18

visual cortex

Answer 18

in occipital lobes

processes visual information

Question 19

association areas

Answer 19

areas that are not involved in motor or sensory functions but are in other mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, speaking

Question 20

corpus callosum

Answer 20

large band or neural fibers that connect the two halves of the brain and carries messages between them

Question 21

brocca’s area

Answer 21

plays a role in speech

Question 22

wernicke’s area

Answer 22

plays a role in comprehending language