Anatomy and Phy: The Brain

Question 1

Right hemisphere (cerebral hemisphere)

Answer 1

Controls muscles on the left side of the body

Dominate for spatial abilities (facial recognition, visual imagery, and music)

Question 2

Left hemisphere (cerebral hemisphere)

Answer 2

Controls muscles on the right side of the body

Dominate for language, calculations, math and logical abilities

Question 3

How many lobes does each hemisphere have?

Answer 3

4

Question 4

Sulci (fissures)

Answer 4

Grooves in the brain

Question 5

Gyri

Answer 5

Bumps that are visible on the surface of the brain

Question 6

True or false: does everyone have the same amount of Sulci and Gyri?

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 7

Outer layer of the cerebrum

Question 8

What does the Cerebral Cortex do?

Answer 8

Controls body movements and processes info from the sense organs, thoughts, plans, and learning abilities

Question 9

How many hemisphere’s does the Cerebral Cortex have?

Answer 9

Two

Question 10

What are the 4 lobes each hemisphere have?

Answer 10

Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal lobes

Question 11

What does the forebrain control?

Answer 11

Thought, personality, senses, and voluntary movement

Question 12

What does the forebrain consist of?

Answer 12

Cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus

Question 13

What does the midbrain (mesencephalon) do?

Answer 13

Controls vision, hearing, motor control, alertness, temperature and regulation

Question 14

What is the mesencephalon also called?

Answer 14

Midbrain

Question 15

What does the brain stem consist of?

Answer 15

Midbrain, pons, medulla, and oblongata