Brain Regions

Question 1

• relays info to cerebrum
• processes sensory info
• memory and learning

Answer 1

thalamus

Question 2

Most voluntary commands are initiated in the ____.

Answer 2

cerebral cortex

Question 3

• relays information to the thalamus and the brain stem

- regulates visceral function

Answer 3

medulla oblongata

Question 4

process auditory and visual stimuli

Answer 4

corpora quadrigemina

Question 5

What part of the brain maintains alertness?

Answer 5

reticular formation

Question 6

Where is the pineal gland?

-Roof of 3rd ventricle

Answer 6

epithalamus

Question 7

What does the pineal gland produce?

Answer 7

melatonin

Question 8

• coordinates somatic motor function (vestibuloocular reflexes)
• adjust OUTPUT of somatic motor centers for SMOOTH operation
• cognitive function in language & attn, memory

Answer 8

cerebellum

Question 9

• conscious thought process and sensory info
• intelligence
• memory storage and processing
• conscious/subconscious regulation of skeletal m.

Answer 9

cerebrum

Question 10

What regions make up the diencephalon?

Answer 10

thalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus

Question 11

• emotions
• autonomic functions
• thirst
• thermoreg
• control of visceral function
• habitual activity
• hormone production
• BP
• subconscious control skeletal m.

Answer 11

hypothalamus

Question 12

• process vision and auditory stimuli
• generate reflexive somatic motor responses (movement)
• maintain consciousness, alertness

Answer 12

mesencephalon (midbrain)

Question 13

• relay sensory info to cerebellum and thalamus

- subconscious somatic and visceral motor centers

Answer 13

pons

Question 14

• relay sensory info to thalamus and brain stem

- regulate visceral func.

Answer 14

medulla oblongata

Question 15

What is the medulla oblongata also known as?

Answer 15

myelencephalon

Question 16

What makes up the meTencephalon?

Answer 16

pons and cerebellum

Question 17

what is another name for the midbrain?

Answer 17

mesencephalon

Question 18

what does the forebrain consist of?

Answer 18

diencephalon and cerebrum

Question 19

What do the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata make up?

Answer 19

brainstem

Question 20

The midbrain has 2 pairs of nuclei called the _____ that processes auditory and visual stimuli.

Answer 20

corpora quadrigemina

Question 21

• ascending fibers that synapse in thalamus

- descending fibers of corticospinal pathway

Answer 21

cerebral peduncles

Question 22

What forms the walls of the 3rd ventricle

Answer 22

right and left thalamus

Question 23

The thalamus processes/relays sensory info to the?

Answer 23

telencephalon (cerebrum)

Question 24

The telencephalon relays info from cerebellar and basal nuclei to ____ in cortex

Answer 24

motor areas

Question 25

Involved in memory and arousal

Answer 25

thalamus

Question 26

What forms the floor of the third ventricle?

Answer 26

hypothalamus

Question 27

How does the hypothalamus connect to the pituitary gland?

Answer 27

infundibulum

Question 28

What folds support the cerebellum?

Answer 28

faux cerebella and tentorium cerebelli

Question 29

What separates the 2 hemispheres of the cerebellum?

Answer 29

vermis

Question 30

white matter in cerebellum that connects cerebellar cortex to peduncles

Answer 30

arbor vitae

Question 31

What kind of cells are found in the cerebellar cortex?

Answer 31

purkinje cells

Question 32

subconscious coordination of movements (specific)

Answer 32

cerebellar cortex

Question 33

what is another name for the cerebrum?

Answer 33

telencephalon

Question 34

separates frontal and parietal lobes

Answer 34

central sulcus

Question 35

defines temporal lobe

Answer 35

lateral sulcus

Question 36

defines occipital lobe

Answer 36

parieto-occipital sulcus

Question 37

Lobe for conscious (motor) control of skeletal muscles, intellectual abilities (prefrontal cortex)

Answer 37

frontal lobe

Question 38

perception of visual stimuli (lobe)

Answer 38

occipital lobe

Question 39

conscious perception of touch, pressure, vibration, pain, temp (lobe)

Answer 39

parietal lobe

Question 40

conscious perception of auditory and olfactory stimuli (lobe)

Answer 40

temporal lobe

Question 41

balance, gustatory cortex, viscerosensory cortex

Answer 41

insula

Question 42

eye movements in cortex

Answer 42

Frontal eye fields

Question 43

In charge of gustatory, visceral, and vestibular cortices

Answer 43

insula

Question 44

Orients attention (closely interconnected with prefrontal cortex)

Answer 44

Parietal association

Question 45

Make link b/t visual stimulus of face and identity

Answer 45

Temporal association

Question 46

Tracts that interconnect areas of neural cortex w/in a hemisphere

Answer 46

Association fibers

Question 47

Tracts that connect the two hemispheres

Answer 47

Commissural fibers

Question 48

Tracts that link cerebrum with other regions in the brain and spinal cord

Answer 48

Projection fibers