Brainstem/Cerebellum

Question 1

brainstem

Answer 1

relay center

Question 2

midbrain

Answer 2

superior, just below thalamus

Question 3

pons

Answer 3

circular portion that sticks out

Question 4

medulla oblongata

Answer 4

inferior, continuous with spinal cord

Question 5

cardiac center (medulla)

Answer 5

regulates heart rate, strength of contraction

Question 6

vasomotor center (medulla)

Answer 6

controls blood pressure by regulating contraction of smooth muscle in walls of arterioles

Question 7

medullary respiratory center (medulla)

Answer 7

regulates respiratory rate

Question 8

other nuclei in medulla oblongata

Answer 8

coughing, sneezing, salivation, swallowing, gagging, and vomiting

Question 9

cerebellar cortex

Answer 9

gray matter, outer region

Question 10

arbor vitae

Answer 10

white matter deep to gray matter, tree of life

Question 11

cerebellar nuclei

Answer 11

small areas of gray matter found deep in cerebellum

Question 12

peduncles

Answer 12

bridges of tissue, connect cerebellum to brainstem

Question 13

superior cerebellar

Answer 13

midbrain to cerebellum

Question 14

middle cerebellar

Answer 14

forms floor of fourth ventricle, cerebellum to pons

Question 15

inferior cerebellar

Answer 15

cerebellum to medulla

Question 16

limbic system

Answer 16

forms a ring around diencephalon
- links current situations to things stored in our memory