Brain Quiz

Question 1

Hindbrain

Answer 1

Structures on top of our spinal cord.

Question 2

What does hindbrain control

Answer 2

Controls basic biological structures.

Question 3

medulla oblangata

Answer 3

Located just above the spinal cord. Involved in the control of blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing.

Question 4

cerebellum

Answer 4

Also known as “little brain”. Coordinates fine muscle movements, voluntary movement, and balance.

Question 5

thalamus

Answer 5

Receives sensory signals from the spinal cord and sends them to other parts of the forebrain, transmitting replies. (Every sense except smell)

Question 6

Thalamus is the-

Answer 6

“Traffic Cop”

Question 7

limbic system (shape/location)

Answer 7

A doughnut-shaped system of neural structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebral hemispheres.

Question 8

limbic system

Answer 8

Associated with emotions such as fear and aggression and drives such as those for food and sex

Question 9

hippocampus

Answer 9

Involved in the processing and storage of memories.

Question 10

hypothalamus

Answer 10

Maybe most important structure in the brain. Linked to emotion and regulates body temperature, sexual arousal, hunger, thirst, and the endocrine system.

Question 12

amygdala

Answer 12

Works with the hippocampus in processing memory. More involved in volatile emotions like anger.

Question 13

cerebral cortex

Answer 13

Known as the body’s ultimate control and processing center. Made up of densely packed neurons we call “gray matter”, covers the cerebral hemispheres.

Question 14

frontal lobe

Answer 14

The lobe of our brain that controls abstract thought and emotional control. Also contains our motor cortex and Broca’s area.

Question 15

temporal lobe

Answer 15

The lobe of our brain that processes sound sensed by our ears. Also contains Wernicke’s area.

Question 16

parietal lobe

Answer 16

The lobe of our brain where most of our senses are processed. Also contains our sensory cortex.

Question 17

occipital lobe

Answer 17

This lobe of our brain processes what we see with our eyes. Also contains our visual cortex.

Question 18

Broca’s area

Answer 18

Responsible for speech production.

Question 19

Wernicke’s area

Answer 19

Involved in helping you understand what you hear.

Question 20

left hemisphere

Answer 20

This hemisphere of our brain is involved in logic and sequential tasks.

Question 21

corpus callosum

Answer 21

Divides the brain into two hemispheres

Question 22

right hemisphere

Answer 22

This hemisphere of our brain is involved in spatial and creative tasks.

Question 23

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 23

Body’s ultimate control and processing center

Question 24

Brain plasticity

Answer 24

The idea that the brain, when damaged, will attempt to find news ways to reroute messages.
Children’s brains are more plastic than adults

Question 25

Whose brains are more plastic?

Answer 25

Children’s brains are more plastic than adults