Brain Scienstructable

Question 1

What are the brain hemispheres connected by?

Answer 1

Corpus Callosum

Question 1

What are the brain hemispheres and what do they do?

Answer 1

The left and right brain hemispheres are symetrical. The left controls the right. The right controls the left

Question 2

What are the lobes of the brain?

Answer 2

Frontal, Parietal, Temporal and occipital

Question 3

What is the frontal lobe in charge of?

Answer 3

Cognitive functions and voluntary movement

Question 4

What is the Parietal lobe in charge of?

Answer 4

Processing information

Question 5

What is the temporal lobe in charge of?

Answer 5

Memories

Question 6

What is the occipital lobe in charge of?

Answer 6

vision

Question 7

What is the cerebrum?

Answer 7

Divides the brain into left and right hemispheres

Question 8

What is the cerebellum?

Answer 8

Performs everyday voluntary movement, helps stay balanced and coodinate muscles

Question 9

What is the Thalamus?

Answer 9

Sensory perception and sleep/awake states

Question 10

What is the Optic nerve?

Answer 10

Transfers visual info from retaina to vision centers

Question 11

What is the Optic tract?

Answer 11

Part of the optic nerve and allows the left and right eye to cross and make a picture

Question 12

What is the Pituitary?

Answer 12

Master gland that regulates glands and stores hormones to stimulate glands

Question 13

What is the Midbrain?

Answer 13

Regulates body movement

Question 14

What are pons?

Answer 14

Help posture and movement, message station/relays messages and controls sleep states and dreams

Question 15

What is the medulla oblongata?

Answer 15

Maintains involuntary body functions

Question 16

What is the spinal chord?

Answer 16

Transmits signals between brain and body and controls reflexes