Brain Parts with Functions

Question 1

Frontal Lobe

Answer 1

higher level thinking

Question 2

Longitudinal Fissure

Answer 2

separates hemispheres

Question 3

Motor Cortex

Answer 3

voluntary movement

Question 4

Central Sulcus

Answer 4

separates frontal lobe and parietal lobe

Question 5

Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 5

Touch

Question 6

Parietal Lobe

Answer 6

Touch

Question 7

Occipital Lobe

Answer 7

Vision

Question 8

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 8

language comprehension

Question 9

Auditory Cortex

Answer 9

Hearing

Question 10

Broca’s Area/Motor Speech

Answer 10

speech production and articulation

Question 11

Pons

Answer 11

Sleep

Question 12

Pituitary

Answer 12

produces hormones that control bodily functions

Question 13

Hypothalamus

Answer 13

basic needs (4 F’s - fighting, fleeing, feeding, fucking)

Question 14

Thalamus

Answer 14

regulates sensory information (except smell) to areas of brain where it can be processed

Question 15

Corpus Callosum

Answer 15

allows information to go between hemispheres

Question 16

Pineal Gland

Answer 16

Sleep

Question 17

Superior Colliculus

Answer 17

allows people to orient themselves towards moving objects

Question 18

Inferior Colliculus

Answer 18

Orientation to sound

Question 19

Cerebellum

Answer 19

balance and coordination

Question 20

Medulla Oblongata

Answer 20

controls life-sustaining functions

Question 21

Hippocampus

Answer 21

forms long-term memories

Question 22

Amydgala

Answer 22

fear response

Question 23

Olfactory Bulb

Answer 23

Smell

Question 24

Cingulate Gyrus

Answer 24

regulates emotion

Question 25

Lateral Fissure

Answer 25

separates temporal lobe from frontal lobe and parietal lobe

Question 26

Temporal Lobe

Answer 26

auditory processing

Question 27

Visual Cortex

Answer 27

Vision