brain parts

Question 1

forebrain

Answer 1

processing of information concerning cognitive activities, processing sensory information, emotions and voluntary motor activities

Question 2

cerebral cortex

Answer 2

controls high order processing, seperated into four lobes by deep fissures

Question 3

thalamus

Answer 3

filters and relays information from all senses except smell to appropriate part of the brain

Question 4

hypothalamus

Answer 4

regulate hunger, thirst, sex drive and sleep cycle

Question 5

hindbrain

Answer 5

coordinates sensory and motor messages entering and leaving spinal cord and responsible for balance and coordination

Question 6

cerebellum

Answer 6

recieves information from sensory systems, spinal cord and other parts of the brain

Question 7

medulla

Answer 7

receives signals from spinal cord and regulates vital functions

Question 8

midbrain

Answer 8

processes information between hindbrain and forebrain it is responsible for collecting all senses (- smell) and sending to higher regions of brain, consists of reticular function

Question 9

reticular function

Answer 9

extends from top of spinal cord to thalamus, controls flow of incoming sensory stimuli and redirects them to cerebral cortex

Question 10

corpus callosum

Answer 10

thick band of fibres that connects cerebral hemispheres, allowing them to transmit messages from one hemisphere to another