Chapter 5

Question 1

What are the three parts of the brain

Answer 1

Fore, mid and hind brain

Question 2

What does the hind brain include

Answer 2

Cerebellum, pons, medulla and parts of reticular formation

Question 3

What does the mid brain include

Answer 3

Parts of the reticular

Question 4

What does the forebrain include

Answer 4

Thalamus, hypothalamus and cerebrum

Question 5

What is the thalamus

Answer 5

Relay centre for incoming sensory information to parts of the cortex for further process

Question 6

What is the cerebral cortex

Answer 6

3mm think layer over the cerebrum

Question 7

What does the frontal lobe include

Answer 7

Includes primary motor cortex

Question 8

What does the parietal lobe include

Answer 8

Includes the somatosensory cortex

Question 9

What does the temporal lobe include

Answer 9

Includes primary auditory cortex

Question 10

What does the occipital lobe include

Answer 10

Includes primary visual cortex

Question 11

What are the 4 lobes

Answer 11

Frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes

Question 12

What is the frontal lobe used for

Answer 12

Includes brocas area ( used for speech production) planning and main body functions

Question 13

What is the parietal lobe responsible for

Answer 13

Responsible for loacting body space and determining the location of objects and controls sensory neurons

Question 14

What is the temporal lobe responsible for

Answer 14

Responsible for auditory process including wernickes area, also involved in recognition of objects and faces and in memory

Question 15

What is the occipital lobe used for

Answer 15

Responsible for processing virtual information

Question 16

Which hemisphere controls what

Answer 16

Left hemisphere controls language and right hemisphere controls types of spatial and visual processing

Question 17

What is the hypothalamus

Answer 17

Controls survival actions such as sleep, regulation of body temperature, emotion

Question 18

From what end of homunculus start from the toes

Answer 18

The top

Question 19

What cortex does homunculus associate with

Answer 19

The motor cotex in frontal lobe and parietal lobe in the somatosensory cortex

Question 20

What parts of the brain is the lymbic system

Answer 20

Amygdala
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus

Question 21

How many homunculus are there

Answer 21

2

Motor cortex and somatosensory cortex

Question 22

What is the role of the medulla

Answer 22

Controls breathing, heartbeat and digestion

Question 23

What are pons

Answer 23

Sit above madulla, receive information sent from visual areas to control eye body actions

Question 24

Cerebellum

Answer 24

Walnut shaped area that receives info from the pons, coordinator of body movement

Question 25

What does the reticular formation do

Answer 25

Control of arousal and sleeping waking cycle