Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Olfactory Nerve

Answer 1

carries implies for the sense of smell
Sensory

Question 2

Optic Nerve

Answer 2

carries impulses for the sense of light
Sensory

Question 3

Oculomotor Nerve

Answer 3

involved in eye movement
raising eye lid
rotating eye
Motor

Question 4

Trochlear Nerve

Answer 4

eye movement
- smallest cranial nerve
Motor

Question 5

Trigeminal Nerve

Answer 5

sensory input from the face motor output to muscles of the jaw
largest cranial nerve
Sensory + Motor

Question 6

Abducens Nerve

Answer 6

Eye movement
Motor

Question 7

Facial Nerve

Answer 7

sensory input from taste receptors motor output for facial expressions
tear + salivary glands
Motor + Sensory

Question 8

Vestibulocohlear Nerve

Answer 8

Vestibular branch - balance
Cochlear - hearing
originates in ear
Sensory

Question 9

Glossophanyngcial

Answer 9

Tongue and throat
- gloss -pharyngeals
touch, taste gag reflex, swallowing
and pain
Sensory and Motor

Question 10

Vagus

Answer 10

from medulla to thorax to abdomen
includes throat, esophagus, abdomen and heart

Question 11

Accessory

Answer 11

sends impulses to the throat muscles
morph impulses to neck and shoulder
Motor

Question 12

Hypoglossal

Answer 12

move tongue
speech, eating, swallowing
Motor

Question 13

Frontal Lobe

Answer 13

responsible for the problem solving, reading and motor skills

Question 14

Parietal Lobe

Answer 14

bodily sensations are processed as touch and pain

Question 15

Temporal Lobe

Answer 15

hearing understanding speech and language

Question 16

Occipital Lobe

Answer 16

visual processing

Question 17

Medulla Oblongata

Answer 17

controls vital reflex’s, regulation of breathing, heart rate, blood pressure

Question 18

Cerebellum

Answer 18

control of finely coordinated movements

Question 19

Cerebrum

Answer 19

higher level of brain functions: thoughts, emotions, memories

Question 20

Brain Stem

Answer 20

connection to spinal cord
filters info between peripheral nervous system and the rest of the brain

Question 21

Spinal Cord

Answer 21

sends signals between brain and rest of body

Question 22

Pons

Answer 22

bridge
relays msgs between cerebrum and cerebellum
sleep, dreams, attention

Question 23

Thalamus

Answer 23

relays info from the senses and transmit the info to the cerebral cortex

Question 24

Limbic system

Answer 24

Hippocampus, Amygdala, Pituitary glad, Hypothalamus; involved in emotion

Question 25

Hippocampus

Answer 25

Helps to from memories (hippos never forget)

Question 26

Amygdala

Answer 26

flight or fight emotional center - anger or fear

Question 27

Hypothalamus

Answer 27

controls body temp circadian rhythm and thirst + hunger

Question 28

Pituitary gland

Answer 28

mater endocrine gland responsive for growth

Question 29

Corpus Callosum

Answer 29

connects the left and right hemisphere of brain

Question 30

Lobes of Cerebrum

Answer 30

occipital, temporal, parietal, frontal

Question 31

Midbrain

Answer 31

processes info for the body to react reflexivity visual + auditory info processed