Structure of the Cortex and the Endocrine System

Question 1

Each brain hemisphere is divided into four lobes that are separated by:

Answer 1

Prominent fissures

Question 2

The surface of the cortex has peaks called:

Answer 2

Gyri

Question 3

The surface of the cortex has valleys called:

Answer 3

Sulci

Question 4

Means the brain controls the other side of your body

Answer 4

Contralaterality

Question 5

Involved with speaking, making plans, judgements, goal setting and controls personality, stability and behavior:

Answer 5

The Frontal Lobe

Question 6

Who suffered damage to the frontal lobe?

Answer 6

Phineas Gage

Question 7

Where is the lobotomy site?

Answer 7

The Frontal Lobe

Question 8

Controls voluntary movements:

Answer 8

Motor Cortex

Question 9

What is linked to the thalamus by basal ganglia?

Answer 9

Motor Cortex

Question 10

Receives info about touch from sense organs

Answer 10

Somatosensory Cortex

Question 11

Controls sensations of touch, pressure, temperature, and pain:

Answer 11

Parietal Lobe

Question 12

Vision Center for processing symbols, angles. shapes, shadows, and movements:

Answer 12

Occipital Lobe

Question 13

Hearing and speech center; contains olfactory area:

Answer 13

Temporal Lobe

Question 14

What controls some intellectual and emotional activities

Answer 14

The Temporal Lobe

Question 15

Where is the Auditory Cortex?

Answer 15

Above the ear

Question 16

What does the Olfactory Area control?

Answer 16

Smell

Question 17

What does F.P.O.T. stand for?

Answer 17

Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Temporal Lobe

Question 18

Not related to sensory or motor function but are areas where higher level processing occurs; covers 3/4 of the entire cortex:

Answer 18

Association Areas

Question 19

What are the Association Areas insulated by?

Answer 19

Glial Cells

Question 20

Controls movement:

Answer 20

Motor Cortex

Question 21

Controls movement necessary for speech:

Answer 21

Broca’s Area in Left Frontal Lobe

Question 22

Transforms visual representation into auditory code, concerned with written language, involved in reading silently and aloud:

Answer 22

Angular Gyrus

Question 23

Receives written words as visual stimulation:

Answer 23

Visual Cortex

Question 24

Involved in comprehension/interpreting auditory code:

Answer 24

Wernicke’s Area in Left Temporal Lobe

Question 25

Impairment of language:

Answer 25

Aphasia

Question 26

Where does Aphasia occur?

Answer 26

The left hemisphere

Question 27

What causes Aphasia?

Answer 27

Damage to either Broca's area (impaired speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impaired understanding)

Question 28

What is the brain sculpted by?

Answer 28

Genes and Experiences

Question 29

The brain's ability to modify itself after some type of injury or illness:

Answer 29

Plasticity

Question 30

A vivid perception that a limb that has been removed/amputated is still present in the body and performing its normal functions.

Answer 30

Phantom Limb (Body Parts)

Question 31

How many hemispheres is the brain divided into?

Answer 31

Two

Question 32

Processes reading, writing, speaking, math, comprehension skills, and positive emotions

Answer 32

The Left Hemisphere

Question 33

Responsible for facial recognition, music, spacial interpretation, creativity, and negative emotions:

Answer 33

The Right Hemisphere