Brain anatomy

Question 1

Coverings of the brain

Answer 1

Meninges

Question 2

What does meninges do?

Answer 2

Cover CNS, protects CNS and blood vessels, contains CSF, forms partition within the skull

Question 3

Functions of CSF

Answer 3

reduces weight by 97%, prevents head injury, supplies nutrients, transports hormones

Question 4

What is the cerebrum important for?

Answer 4

Coordination, swift movements, processes sensory information, integrates information

Question 5

What is the thalamus important for?

Answer 5

Control signals and relay center for sensory tracts

Question 6

What is the hypothalamus important for?

Answer 6

Thermal regulation

Question 7

What is the midbrain important for?

Answer 7

Reflex center for eye muscles.

Question 8

What is pons important for?

Answer 8

Respiratory rates and relaxation

Question 9

What is important about the medulla oblongata?

Answer 9

Composed of nerve tracts and an extension of the spinal cord

Question 10

What does medulla oblongata control?

Answer 10

Respiratory and heart rate

Question 11

What kind of system is hypothalamus?

Answer 11

Nervous system

Question 12

What is pineal gland used for?

Answer 12

Melatonin

Question 13

What kind of system is pituitary gland?

Answer 13

Endocrine system

Question 14

What is pituitary gland used for?

Answer 14

Homeostasis

Question 15

What is corpus callosum?

Answer 15

Connection to both sides to communicate

Question 16

What does the frontal lobe do?

Answer 16

Controls personality, movement, and memory

Question 17

What does the parietal lobe do?

Answer 17

Sense of touch

Question 18

What does the occipital lobe do?

Answer 18

Vision

Question 19

What does the temporal lobe do?

Answer 19

Speech, hearing, memory

Question 20

What does the brainstem do?

Answer 20

Breathing and heart rate