Brain Exam Questions

Question 1

frontal lobe

Answer 1

abstract thinking, planning, social skils

Question 2

broca’s area

Answer 2

necessary for speech production

Question 3

occipital lobe

Answer 3

controls vision

Question 4

parietal lobe

Answer 4

touch, spatial orientation, non-verbal thinking

Question 5

somatosensory cortex

Answer 5

recieves sensory information

Question 6

temporal lobe

Answer 6

language, hearing, visual pattern recognition

Question 7

cerbellum

Answer 7

co-ordinates movement

Question 8

wernicke’s area

Answer 8

speech comprehension

Question 9

thalamus

Answer 9

relay centre

Question 10

amygdala

Answer 10

involved in remembering emotionally significant events

Question 11

limbic system

Answer 11

responsible for emotions, motivation, learning and memory

Question 12

medulla

Answer 12

controls basic life functions

Question 13

hippocampus

Answer 13

necessary for storing new memories

Question 14

hypothalamus

Answer 14

helps regulate behaviour

Question 15

midbrain

Answer 15

consists of the tectum and tegmentum

Question 16

basal ganglia

Answer 16

control of voluntary motor movements, procedural learning, routine behaviours or “habits”