Brain Cheat Sheet Quiz

Question 1

sensory switch board, processes every sense other than smell

Answer 1

Thalamus

Question 2

controls heartbeat and breathing

Answer 2

Medulla

Question 3

oldest part of the brain, newer parts are built on top of this,
automatic survival functions

Answer 3

Brainstem

Question 4

controls arousal

Answer 4

Reticular Formation

Question 5

Processes coordinates voluntary movement and balance

Answer 5

Cerebellum

Question 6

fear and aggression

Answer 6

Amygdala

Question 7

learning and memory

Answer 7

Hippocampus

Question 8

reward center, hunger, thirst, sexual arousal

Answer 8

Hypothalamus

Question 9

Master gland, works with hypothalamus

Answer 9

Pituitary Gland

Question 10

Outside of the brain, control an information-processing center of the brain

Answer 10

Cerebral Cortex

Question 11

beefy portion of brain

Answer 11

Cerebrum

Question 12

higher order thinking (what makes us human)

Answer 12

Frontal

Question 13

receives sensory input for touch/body position

Answer 13

Parietal

Question 14

receives visual information

Answer 14

Occipital

Question 15

receives auditory information

Answer 15

Temporal Lobe

Question 16

left hemisphere section controls movement of the right side of the body and right hemisphere section controls movement of left side of the
body

Answer 16

Motor Cortex

Question 17

area at front of parietal lobe that registers and processes the
senses

Answer 17

Sensory Cortex

Question 18

not included in primary motor or sensory function, but
involved in higher mental functions

Answer 18

Association Areas

Question 19

Language comprehension

Answer 19

Wernicke’s Area

Question 20

controls speech

Answer 20

Broca’s Area

Question 21

brains ability to reorganize itself, higher in younger people to
overcompensate for damage

Answer 21

Plasticity

Question 22

connects left and right brain hemispheres
- Not on the top of the brain
- Hemispheres are not connected until you get down to the corpus callosum in middle of brain
- You might have your corpus callosum severed because you get frequent seizures (epilepsy)

Answer 22

Corpus Callosum

Question 23

• Right side/Right visual field -> left hemisphere
• Left Side/Left Visual Field -> Right hemisphere

Answer 23

Opposite hemispheres control opposite sides of the body

Question 24

• Analytical thoughts
• Math/Science
• Language/Speech
• Controls more important functions than right hemisphere

Answer 24

Left Hemisphere

Question 25

• Emotion
• Artsy

Answer 25

Right Hemisphere

Question 26

Function: enables muscle action, learning, and memory

Malfunctions: ACh neurons deteriorate with Alzheimers

Answer 26

Acetylcholine

Question 27

Function: Influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion.

Malfunction: Oversupply linked to schizophrenia. Under supply linked to tremors and Parkinson’s disease

Answer 27

Dopamine

Question 28

Function: Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal.

Malfunction: Under supply linked to depression.

Answer 28

Seretonin

Question 29

Function: Helps control alertness and arousal

Malfunction: Under supply can depress mood

Answer 29

Norepinephrine