2D

Question 1

What are the three parts of the brain

Answer 1

Hind brain

Fore brain

Mid brain

Question 2

Hindbrain functions and parts

Answer 2

hindbrain- control motor functions and vital, automatic responses

e.g. breathing and heart rate

Cerebellum- coordinates movement and regulates posture and balance.

creates automatic seamless movement

Pons- regulates sleep, arousal, dreaming, breathing and some muscle movement.

Medulla- controls vital survival functions, e..g. heart rate, coughing, sneezing, vomiting

Question 3

Midbrain functions and parts

Answer 3

involved with movement, processing of sensory information, sleep and arousal

Question 4

Forebrain functions and parts

Answer 4

regulates complex cognitive processes such as thinking, learning, memory and perception

Cerebrum- responsible for cognitive processes (learning, memory)- receives and processes incoming and outgoing information.

Thalamus- receives information from sensory organs and passes it to relevant parts of the brain

• Hypothalamus- regulates body’s internal environment
• Corpus callosum- Bridge/mass of nerve fibres connecting the right and left cerebral hemispheres

Question 5

Function of the left hemisphere

Answer 5

Receives sensory information from the right side of the body

Language and verbal functions

Question 6

Functions of the right hemisphere

Answer 6

Receives sensory information from the left side of the body

Controls movement on the left side of the body

Non verbal tasks.

Question 7

what are the four lobes and their functions

Answer 7

Frontal lobe- Receives sensory information from the left side of the body. Non-verbal task

Parietal lobe- Responsible for sense of touch, detection of movement and location of objects.

Occipital lobe- determines if you understand what you are looking at

Temporal lobe- Processes auditory information

Question 8

what is the brocas area

Answer 8

located in frontal lobe responsible for the articulation of speech

Question 9

what is the Werrnicke’s Area

Answer 9

located in temporal lobe. comprehension of language and forming meaningful sentences

Question 10

what is the Auditory cortex

Answer 10

registers and processes auditory information. left side responsible for verbal sound. Right side is responsible for non verbal sounds.

Question 11

what is the visual cortex

Answer 11

Receives visual information. located in occipital lobe.

Question 12

what is the somatosensory cortex

Answer 12

Receives sensory information from skin receptors. Located in Parietal lobe.

Question 13

what is reticular information

Answer 13

a network of neurons

• regulate alertness
• modify muscle movement