Brain Structure and Function

Question 1

Hindbrain

Answer 1

life support system; contains the medulla, pons, and cerebellum.

Question 2

Medulla

Answer 2

controls blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing.

Question 3

Pons

Answer 3

connects the hindbrain with the midbrain/forebrain; controls facial expressions

Question 4

Cerebellum

Answer 4

coordinates habitual muscle movements

Question 5

Midbrain

Answer 5

coordinates simple movements with sensory information; contains the reticular formation

Question 6

Reticular Formation

Answer 6

netlike collection of cells that controls body arousal, attention focus

Question 7

Forebrain

Answer 7

control thought and reason; contains thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus

Question 8

Thalamus

Answer 8

receives sensory signals from the spinal cord and sends them to appropriate areas

Question 9

Hypothalamus

Answer 9

controls metabolic functions: temperature, sexual arousal, hunger, thirst, and endocrine system; controls biological rythms

Question 10

Amygdala

Answer 10

experiences of emotion

Question 11

Hippocampus

Answer 11

processes memories as short term or long term

Question 12

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 12

packed neurons that connect with other neurons; controls judgement and humor; contains frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes

Question 13

Hemispheres

Answer 13

left and right

Question 14

Left Hemisphere

Answer 14

processes sensory images; motor functions of the right side of the body; controls logic and sequential tasks

Question 15

Right Hemisphere

Answer 15

processes sensory images; motor functions of the left side of the body; controls spatial and creative tasks

Question 16

Corpus Callosum

Answer 16

nerve bundle that connects hemispheres

Question 17

Frontal Lobes

Answer 17

controls abstract thought and emotional control; contains Broca’s Area, motor cortex

Question 18

Broca’s Area

Answer 18

controls the muscles involved in producing speech

Question 19

Motor Cortex

Answer 19

controls voluntary movement

Question 20

Parietal Lobes

Answer 20

contains the sensory cortex

Question 21

Sensory Cortex

Answer 21

receives touch sensations

Question 22

Occipital Lobes

Answer 22

interprets messages from our eyes

Question 23

Temporal Lobes

Answer 23

process sound; contains Wernicke’s area

Question 24

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 24

interprets written and spoken speech