Chp 3: Parts of brain & functions

Question 1

Gyri

Answer 1

Lumpy parts of brain

Question 2

Sulci

Answer 2

Folds in brain, indentations

Question 3

Fissure

Answer 3

Deep folding, separates left & right hemispheres

Question 4

Corpus collosum

Answer 4

-Connects the left & right hemispheres
-Allows both sides to work together

Question 5

Left hemisphere controls …

Answer 5

The right side of the body

Question 6

Right hemisphere controls …

Answer 6

Left side of the body

Question 7

Forebrain

Answer 7

Location top half

Question 8

Midbrain

Answer 8

Location: Middle of brain

Question 9

Hindbrain

Answer 9

Location: Lower brain
Made up of: Pons, medulla, and cerebellum

Question 10

Frontal lobe

Answer 10

Location: Front of brain
Function: Boss of emotional control

Question 11

Parietal lobe

Answer 11

Location: Back top of brain
Function: Sensations, dealing with, acting environment
Damage to right side of parietal lobe: results in trouble finding yourself around
Damage to left side of parietal lobe: Difficulty understanding, reading, comprehending

Question 12

Occipital lobe

Answer 12

Location: Back-lower brain
Function: Vision

Question 13

Temporal lobe

Answer 13

Location: Lower-side of brain
Function: Language, hearing, memory

Question 14

Pons

Answer 14

Location: Hind brain
Function: Connects hind brain to the rest of the brain, bridge, involved in sleep

Question 15

Medulla

Answer 15

Location: Hindbrain
Function: Automatic processes (lungs, heart rate, blood pressure)

Question 16

Cerebellum

Answer 16

Location: Hindbrain
Function: Balance & coordination

Question 17

Thalamus

Answer 17

Location: Forebrain
Function: Sensory relay for brain, all senses expect smell are routed through

Question 18

Limbic system

Answer 18

Location: Forebrain
Function: Mediating emotional response and memory

Question 19

Hippocampus

Answer 19

Location: Forebrain, apart of limbic system
Function: Processes memory and learning

Question 20

Amygdala

Answer 20

Location: Forebrain, apart of the limbic system
Function: Processes memory when fearful, trauma

Question 21

Pierre Paul Broca

Answer 21

Discovered that people who have damage to Broca’s area part of the brain have a hard time speaking clearly

Question 22

Carl Wernicke

Answer 22

Discovered that damage to the left hemisphere results in difficulty understanding, can talk clearly and fine but can’t understand/comprehend what they’re saying

Question 23

Neuroplasticity

Answer 23

The ability to change function and structure

Question 24

Functional plasticity

Answer 24

The brain’s ability to move functions from a damaged area of the brain after trauma, to other undamaged areas

Question 25

Structural plasticity

Answer 25

The brain's ability to adapt to environmental changes, to learn, to repair itself after damage or disease

Question 26

Endocrine system

Answer 26

Consists of series of glands that produce chemical substances known as hormones

Question 27

Hormones

Answer 27

Are secreted into the blood stream, travels throughout the body

Question 28

Pituitary gland

Answer 28

Master hormone, master gland: Controls all the other glands

Question 29

Thyroid gland

Answer 29

Regulates metabolism and appetite

Question 30

Adrenal gland

Answer 30

Regulates stress response, adrenaline

Question 31

Pancreas gland

Answer 31

Regulates blood sugar levels

Question 32

Gonads gland

Answer 32

Sexual female

Question 33

Testtes gland

Answer 33

Sexual male

Question 34

Somatosensory cortex

Answer 34

Location: Parietal lobe Function: Receiving and processing sensory information from across the body, such as touch, temperature, and pain

Question 35

Motor cortex

Answer 35

Location: Frontal lobe Function: Initiating movements

Question 36

Depolarize

Answer 36

Change within the cell

Question 37

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 37

Location: Outer layer on top of cerebrum Function: Higher-level processes of the human brain, language, memory, reasoning, thought, learning, decision-making, emotion, intelligence and personality -Makes up 80% of brain