22. AT5 Brain- Structure and Function

Question 1

Which lobe is A?

Answer 1

Frontal

Question 2

Which lobe is C?

Answer 2

Temporal

Question 3

Which lobe is D?

Answer 3

Occipital

Question 4

Which lobe is B?

Answer 4

Parietal

Question 5

What are the functions of A?

Answer 5

thinking, emotional control/regulation, personality, judgment, self-control, muscle control and movements, speech production

Question 6

What are the functions of B?

Answer 6

processing sensory info from the skin (touch), spatial awareness, focusing visual attention

Question 7

What are the functions of C?

Answer 7

processing auditory information e.g. volume, pitch, voices.
memory, speech comprehension

Question 8

What are the functions of D?

Answer 8

processing visual information from the eyes including vision, colour, shape and perspective.

Question 9

What is 3?

Answer 9

Primary Motor Cortex

Question 10

What is 4?

Answer 10

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Question 11

What is the function of 3?

Answer 11

controls voluntary bodily movements of skeletal muscles

Question 12

What is the function of 4?

Answer 12

Receives sensory information from the skin and body enabling perception of bodily sensations such as temperature, pressure, pain

Question 13

What is 2?

Answer 13

Cerebrum

Question 14

What is 5?

Answer 14

Cerebellum

Question 15

What is 6?

Answer 15

Medulla

Question 16

What is 8?

Answer 16

Pons

Question 17

What is 9?

Answer 17

Hypothalamus

Question 18

What is the function of 5?

Answer 18

Coordination of fine muscle movement (ensures movement is smooth and precise).
Regulates posture and balance.

Question 19

What is the function of 6?

Answer 19

Controls reflexive functions vital for survival (e.g., swallowing, breathing, heart pumping, blood pressure).

Question 20

What is the function of 8?

Answer 20

Involved in sleep, dreaming and arousal/awareness

Question 21

What is the function of 9?

Answer 21

Maintains the body’s internal environment (homeostasis)
e.g. temp, emotions, hormones, hunger and thirst, sexual functioning

Question 22

What is the difference between the Cerebrum and the Cerebellum?

Answer 22

Cerebrum is the largest brain region, top part of the brain, part of the forebrain. Divided into 4 lobes and 2 hemispheres.
The cerebellum is located towards the back of the brain (just above brainstem) in the hindbrain.

Question 23

How is the cerebrum organised/divided?

Answer 23

2 hemispheres/halves, 4 lobes (FPOT)

Question 24

What does FPOT stand for?

Answer 24

Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal (4 lobes of neocortex)