Areas of the brain

Question 1

hindbrain:

pons
cerebellum
medulla

Answer 1

pons - regulates sleep cycle and breathing

cerebellum - balance, voluntary movement

medulla - breathing, heart rate, mechanical functions

Question 2

midbrain

Answer 2

reticular formation - focussing attention, filtering info

Question 3

forebrain

thalamus
hypothalamus
cerebrum

Answer 3

thalamus - relays sensory information

hypothalamus - body temperature, hormones, chemical processes

cerebrum - two hemispheres connected by the corpus callous, initiates voluntary movement

Question 4

cerebrum hemispheric specialisation

Answer 4

left - processing verbal info, language, logical thought, controls right side of body, receives info from right side

right - visual spacial skills, creativity, info from left, control left side

Question 5

CEREBRAL CORTEX

frontal lobe

Answer 5

primary motor cortex (voluntary motor movement)

brocas area (speech production)

personality and emotional behaviour

Question 6

CEREBRAL CORTEX

parietal lobe

Answer 6

primary somatosensory cortex (info on touch and other sensory info)

spatial awareness

Question 7

CEREBRAL CORTEX

temporal lobe

Answer 7

primary auditory cortex (processing auditory info)

wernicks area (speech comprehension)

role in memory and facial recognition

Question 8

CEREBRAL CORTEX

occipital lobe

Answer 8

primary visual cortex

identifying objects/visual info