Brain Function 🧠

Question 1

Frontal lobe

Answer 1

Voluntary skeletal motor control and higher cognitive functions

Question 2

Parietal lobe

Answer 2

Somatic sensory processing

Question 3

Occipital lobe

Answer 3

Visual processing

Question 4

Temporal lobe

Answer 4

Auditory processing and olfactory processing

Question 5

Broca’s area

Answer 5

Involved in the motor production of speech

Question 6

WERNICKES area

Answer 6

Involved in the understanding of written and spoken language

Question 7

Pons

Answer 7

Relays sensory information to thalamus and cerebellum
Regulates reflexive visceral and motor activities

Question 8

Medulla oblongata

Answer 8

Relays sensory information to thalamus and brainstem also is the autonomic center for visceral activities ( cardiovascular and respiratory and digestive )

Question 9

Cerebellum

Answer 9

Monitors and adjust postural muscles, coordinates and adjusts skilled movements controlled at the conscious and subconscious levels

Question 10

Corpus callosum

Answer 10

Interconnects the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex to allow information sharing

Question 11

Thalamus

Answer 11

Relays sensory information from periphery to cortex

Question 12

Hypothalamus

Answer 12

Regulates emotions autonomic functions and hormone production

Question 13

Pituitary gland

Answer 13

Production of hormones, regulation of other endocrine glands

Question 14

Hippocampus

Answer 14

Memory storage