brain pt1

Question 1

principal and most anterior part of the brain

Answer 1

cerebrum

Question 2

part of the brain at the back of the skull

Answer 2

cerebellum

Question 3

ridge on the brain

Answer 3

gyrus/gyri

Question 4

indentation or depression on the brain

Answer 4

sulcus/sulci

Question 5

separates the human brain into two hemispheres

Answer 5

longitudinal fissure

Question 6

fissure separating cerebellum from cerebrum

Answer 6

transverse fissure

Question 7

an “island-like” sulci located deep within the brain, separating temporal lobe from frontal and parietal lobes

Answer 7

insula

Question 8

sulci forming the boundary between the frontal and the parietal lobes on the lateral and medial surfaces

Answer 8

central sulcus

Question 9

sulci separating parietal and occipital lobes

Answer 9

parieto-occipital sulcus

Question 10

superficial sulcus separating temporal lobe from the frontal and parietal lobe

Answer 10

lateral sulcus

Question 11

gyri on the lateral surface of each frontal lobe, anterior to the central sulcus and before precentral sulcus

Answer 11

precentral gyrus

Question 12

gyri on the lateral surface of the parietal lobes between the central sulcus and postcentral sulcus

Answer 12

postcentral gyrus

Question 13

Generates signals to direct the movement of the body. located anterior to the central sulcus

Answer 13

primary motor cortex

Question 14

involved in planning and organizing movements and actions

Answer 14

motor association area

Question 15

receives sensory information from the somatic senses, plus proprioceptive senses and some visceral senses

Answer 15

primary somatosensory cortex

Question 16

area where sensory information is interpreted and made logical

Answer 16

somatosensory association area

Question 17

receives visual signals

Answer 17

primary visual cortex

Question 18

helps recognize and makes sense of what we see

Answer 18

visual association area

Question 19

detects sound and discrimination of frequency

Answer 19

primary auditory cortex

Question 20

responsible for processing acoustic (sound) signals that the brain interprets as sounds, speech or music

Answer 20

auditory association area

Question 21

controls complex movement resulting in speech

Answer 21

motor-speech cortex/Broca’s area

Question 22

intelligently regulates our thoughts, personality, actions and emotions through extensive connections with other brain regions

Answer 22

prefrontal cortex