Brain Anatomy

Question 1

Medulla

Answer 1

controls unconscious functions such as breathing and circulation

Question 2

Pons

Answer 2

controls sleep and arousal

Question 3

Reticular Formation

Answer 3

carries sleep and arousal stimulus through the brainstem

Question 4

Thalamus

Answer 4

controls incoming and outgoing signals of all sensory information except smell

Question 5

Hypothalamus(4)

Answer 5

controls the four F’s, hunger, thirst , and Temperature regulation

Question 6

Hippocampus

Answer 6

controls learning and memory

Question 7

Amygdala

Answer 7

controls emotion and aggression

Question 8

Corpus Callosum

Answer 8

allows the two hemispheres to communicate with one another

Question 9

Cerebellum

Answer 9

controls fine muscle movement and balance

Question 10

Frontal Lobe

Answer 10

controls muscle movement and emotion

Question 11

Pariadial Lobe

Answer 11

controls touch and depth perception

Question 12

Occipital Lobe

Answer 12

controls visual stimulus

Question 13

Temporal Lobe

Answer 13

controls auditory stimulus

Question 14

Prefrontal Cortex

Answer 14

controls critical thinking, attention, and planning

Question 15

Broca’s Area

Answer 15

controls language production

Question 16

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 16

controls language comprehension

Question 17

Cerebrum(6)

Answer 17

controls sense, thought, learning, emotion, Consciousness, and voluntary movement

Question 18

Primary Motor Cortex

Answer 18

controls muscle movement

Question 19

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 19

controls physical sensation

Question 20

Primary Visual Cortex

Answer 20

controls visual processing

Question 21

Primary Auditory Cortex

Answer 21

controls auditory processing

Question 22

Left Hemisphere

Answer 22

controls the right side of the brain and is in charge of logic and Analysis

Question 23

Right Hemisphere

Answer 23

controls the left side of the brain and is in charge of creativity and intuition

Question 24

The Limbic System (THHA)

Answer 24

located between the cerebral cortex and deeper areas of the brain and contains the Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, and Amygdala

Question 25

The 4 F’s

Answer 25

feeding, fight, flight, and fornication

Question 26

Lesioning

Answer 26

destroying a portion of the brain with high frequency

Question 27

Electrical Stimulation of the Brain (ESB)

Answer 27

send a weak signal to certain portions of the brain and hopes to stimulate that portion of the brain

Question 28

Computerized Tomography (CT)

Answer 28

creates an image of a horizontal section of the brain

Question 29

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Answer 29

maps out brain structure and produces a 3D image of the brain

Question 30

Post Emission Tomography (PET)

Answer 30

Maps the brain’s chemical activity over time

Question 31

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

Answer 31

monitors oxygen and blood flow in the brain

Question 32

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Answer 32

used to enhance or depress brain activity

Question 33

Hind Brain

Answer 33

includes the cerebellum, the medulla, and the pons (pons and medulla can be found in the lower brain stem)

Question 34

Mid Brain

Answer 34

contains structures that aid in Vision, hearing, dopamine release, and voluntary movement

Question 35

Fore Brain

Answer 35

the largest most complex area of the brain that includes the limbic system and cerebrum.