The Brain

Question 1

The right hemisphere of the brain involves

Answer 1

Holistic thought
Creativity 
Art 
Music 
Intuition

Question 2

Left hemisphere of the brain involves

Answer 2

Language
Analytic thought
Logic 
Science
Maths

Question 3

The meninges

Answer 3

Layers of Tissue that separate the skull and the brain. They are 3 men rates that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
Protects the CNS

Question 4

Distal

Answer 4

Away from head, the cell body- like distance

Question 5

Proximal

Answer 5

Near the head or the cell body like approximate

Question 6

Ventral

Answer 6

The front, towards the front

Question 7

Lateral

Answer 7

Towards the sides

Question 8

Medial

Answer 8

Towards the middle

Question 9

Ipsilateral

Answer 9

Same side

Question 10

Contralateral

Answer 10

Opposite side

Question 11

Posterior/ caudal

Answer 11

Towards the bottom (caudal)

Question 12

Anterior/ rostral

Answer 12

Towards the front of head (rostral)

Question 13

Superior

Answer 13

Above

Question 14

Inferior

Answer 14

Below

Question 15

Sliced up like a loaf of bread

Answer 15

Cross sections

Question 16

Sliced lengthways

Answer 16

Sagittal section

Question 17

Sliced lengthways down the middle

Answer 17

Midsagittal

Question 18

Sliced parallel to the ground

Answer 18

Horizontal section

Question 19

The cerebrum

Answer 19

Largest portion of the brain
2 hemispheres
Often divided into 5 lobes

Question 20

Frontal lobe

Answer 20

Reasoning 
Planning 
Speech 
Movement 
Emotions 
Problem solving

Question 21

Parietal lobe

Answer 21

Movement
Orientation
Recognition
Perception on stimuli

Question 22

Occipital lobe

Answer 22

Visual processing

Question 23

Temporal lobe

Answer 23

Perception
Recognition of auditory stimuli
Memory
Speech

Question 24

Frontal lobe

Answer 24

Responsible for higher cognitive functions: problem solving, memory, language, motivation, social and sexual behaviour

Question 25

What is the prefrontal cortex?

Answer 25

The region of the frontal lobe rostral to the premotor cortex. Associated with formulating plans

Question 26

What lobe plays a role in emotions?

Answer 26

Temporal lobe

Question 27

Where is the motor cortex located?

Answer 27

In the rear portion of the frontal lobe, just before the central sulcus

Question 28

The names of the two areas the motor cortex is divided into?

Answer 28

Primary motor cortex | Motor association cortex

Question 29

Primary motor cortex

Answer 29

Executed movement of skeletal muscle

Question 30

Motor association cortex

Answer 30

Plans and coordinates movement

Question 31

Where is the visual cortex located?

Answer 31

On the inner surfaces of the occipital lobes

Question 32

Two areas of the visual cortex

Answer 32

Primary visual cortex | Visual association cortex

Question 33

Cerebellum

Answer 33

Associated with regulation and coordination of movement, posture and balance

Question 34

Where is the limbic love located?

Answer 34

Dee in the brain and makes up the limbic system

Question 35

The limbic system

Answer 35

``` Limbic cortex Hippocampus Amygdala Fornix Mammillary bodies Thalamus Hypothalamus ```

Question 36

What does the limbic system do?

Answer 36

Area of the brain that regulates emotion and memory

Question 37

What does the limbic system control?

Answer 37

Basic emotions and drives

Question 38

Thalamus

Answer 38

Located deep in the brain at the top of the brainstem. | Main function is to relay and motor and sensory signals to the cerebral cortex.

Question 39

Hypothalamus location?

Answer 39

Sits under than thalamus at the top of the brainstem

Question 40

What does the hypothalamus control?

Answer 40

The autonomic nervous system Centre for emotional response and behaviour Regulates body temp and food intake Controls endocrine system

Question 41

Where is the medulla oblongata

Answer 41

Merges seamlessly with the spinal cord and creates the base of the brain stem

Question 42

What does the the medulla control?

Answer 42

``` Vital reflexes: Swallowing Vomiting Coughing Respiratory system ```

Question 43

Where is the pons located

Answer 43

Rounded brainstem region between the midbrain and the medulla oblongata

Question 44

Main function of the pons

Answer 44

To connect the cerebellum to the rest of the brain and to modify the respiratory output of the medulla

Question 45

Inter- neurons

Answer 45

Small neurons with short exams that interconnect with other spinal nerurons Provide spinal integration of sensory and motor signals

Question 46

Motor neurons

Answer 46

Large cells, found in ventral horn