brain 2

Question 1

cerebrum

Answer 1

centers associated with sensory and motor function and higher mental functions

divides into 4 lobes: frontal parietal, temporal and occipital

Question 2

cerebellum

Answer 2

coordinates muscular movements

Question 3

brainstem

Answer 3

conducts impulses and regulates autonomic functions and some reflexes

Question 4

hemispheres

Answer 4

left and right part of the brain

Question 5

corpus callosum

Answer 5

bundle of axons that connect the hemispheres together

Question 6

gyri

Answer 6

ridges called convolutions on the brain that are separated by grooves

Question 7

sulcus

Answer 7

shallow groove

Question 8

fissure

Answer 8

deep groove

Question 9

longitudinal fissure

Answer 9

separates right and left hemispheres

Question 10

transverse fissure

Answer 10

separates cerebrum from cerebellum

Question 11

decussation

Answer 11

cross in spinal cord

Question 12

limbic system

Answer 12

controls emotional experiences and expressions

Question 13

midbrain

Answer 13

short section between diencephalon and pons

Question 13

brainstem

Answer 13

bundle of nervous tissue that connects the cerebrum, diencephalon, and cerebellum to spinal cord

Question 14

pons

Answer 14

occupies full thickness of brainstem
-visible as rounded bulge it separates midbrain from medulla
-relays impulses to and from medulla and cerebrum from cerebrum to cerebellum

Question 15

medulla

Answer 15

extends from pons to foramen magnum of skull
-cardiac center
-vasomotor center
-respiratory center

Question 16

occipital lobe

Answer 16

visual area

Question 17

temporal

Answer 17

auditory and smell area