Brain Structure Flashcards by Greyson Greaves | Brainscape

Q

What is the center of the brain?

A

Central core

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What does the central core control?

A

Breathing, eating, sleeping

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What is the layer around the central core?

A

Limbic system?

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What does the limbic system control?

A

Emotions

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What is the “film” of the brain?

A

The meninges

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What is the first layer in from the meninges?

A

Cerebrum

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What does the cerebrum control?

A

Higher intellectual processes

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What is the outer layer of the cerebrum?

A

Cerebral cortex

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Why does the cerebral cortex look grey?

A

Cell bodies

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Why is the central core in the middle?

A

Developed first
Most important
Most protected

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What type of action does the central core control?

A

Involuntary

Primitive

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What does the limbic system look like?

A

Hearing aid

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

What are the hemispheres?

A

Contra-lateral

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Which is the only sense that is contra-lateral?

A

Smell

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly