brain

Question 1

brain

Answer 1

surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid and made up of two hemispheres

Question 2

Cerebrum
- frontal lobe
- parietal lobe
- temporal lobe
- occipital lobe

Answer 2

• Frontal Lobe - creative thinking + decision making + expressing emotions, etc.
• Parietal Lobe - sense of touch + taste
• Temporal Lobe - hearing + language and speech, etc.
• Occipital Lobe - processes stimuli from sensory organ (eye)

Question 3

Cerebellum

Answer 3

• Balance and coordination
• Controls skeletal muscle activity + regulating balance and equilibrium, etc.

Question 4

brain stem

Answer 4

• Connects spinal cord to rest of brain
• Midbrain
• Pons
• Medulla Oblongata

Question 5

homeostasis with the nervous system
1. Somatosensory Cortex
2. Motor Cortex

Answer 5

1. Somatosensory Cortex - where specific sensory neurons recognize pain/feeling/taste/other stimuli for a specific part of body
2. Motor Cortex - contains neurons which move skeletal muscles