Parts of the brain

Question 1

Cerebrum

Answer 1

largest part of the brain.
composed of right and left hemispheres.
interprets touch, vision and hearing, emotions, learning and fine control of movement.

Question 2

Cerebellum

Answer 2

Located under the cerebrum.
Coordinate muscle movements.
Maintain posture and balance.

Question 3

Brainstem

Answer 3

autonomic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and sleep cycles, sneezing, coughing, vomiting and swallowing.

Question 4

lateral

Answer 4

towards the side

Question 5

medial

Answer 5

towards the middle

Question 6

telencephalon

Answer 6

two symmetrical hemispheres
limbic system
basal ganglia

Question 7

cerebral cortex

Answer 7

has gray matter

consists mostly of glia and the cell bodies, dendrites and interconnecting axons and neurons.

Question 8

cerebral cortex regions

Answer 8

primary visual cortex
primary auditory cortex
primary somatosensory cortex
primary motor cortex

Question 9

basal ganglia

Answer 9

caudate nucleus
putamen
globus pallidus
control of movement

Question 10

the limbic system

Answer 10

hippocampus
amygdala
fornix
mammillary bodies

center of our emotions, learning, and memory. Included in this system are the cingulate gyri, hypothalamus, amygdala (emotional reactions) and hippocampus (memory).

Question 11

frontal lobe

Answer 11

judgement, planning, problem solving
intelligence, concentration and self awareness
Broca’s area

Question 12

temporal lobe

Answer 12

understanding language (Wernicke’s area)

Question 13

parietal lobe

Answer 13

touch, pain and temperature

spatial and visual perception

Question 14

occipital lobe

Answer 14

vision

Question 15

hypothalamus

Answer 15

third ventricle
control of autonomic system
controls behaviours such as hunger and thirst

Question 16

thalamus

Answer 16

pain sensation, alertness, attention and memory