Brain

Question 1

medulla

Answer 1

regulates breathing, heart rate, digestion, and autonomic reflexes

Question 2

pons

Answer 2

movement, auditory perception, emotional processing

Question 3

reticular formation

Answer 3

arousal, motivation, circadian rhythm, posture, and balance

Question 4

cerebellum

Answer 4

coordinated movement

Question 5

superior colliculus

Answer 5

eye movements and visual reflexes

Question 6

inferior colliculus

Answer 6

auditory integration

Question 7

red nucleus

Answer 7

motor control

Question 8

substantia nigra

Answer 8

releases dopamine

Question 9

hypothalamus

Answer 9

the four f’s: fight, flight, feed, and reproduce

Question 10

anterior pituitary gland

Answer 10

receives signals from the brain, releases hormones to regulate other endocrine glands

Question 11

posterior pituitary gland

Answer 11

extension of the hypothalamus, releases oxytocin and vasopressin

Question 12

thalamus

Answer 12

the “relay system” of the brain” - all senses synapse here except the sense of smell

Question 13

amygdala

Answer 13

receives sensory information, part of emotional interpretation (namely for possibly threatening stimuli)

Question 14

hippocamus

Answer 14

memory storage, spatial map, neurogenesis continues throughout adulthood

Question 15

frontal lobe

Answer 15

primary motor cortex, high order thought, complex decision making

Question 16

central sulcus

Answer 16

the sulcus which divides the frontal and parietal lobes

Question 17

parietal lobe

Answer 17

primary somatosensory cortex, processes visual and spatial stimuli, aids in orientation, attention, and coordination of targeted movements

Question 18

occipital lobe

Answer 18

solely for (basic) visual processing, contains the primary visual cortex

Question 19

temporal lobe

Answer 19

primary auditory cortex, processes identity and form of visual stimuli, aids in memory and language