Brain Structure Function Review

Question 1

Central nervous system (CNS)

Answer 1

Planning motor actions (data gathering, goal setting, organizing, decision making) and initiating motor actions

Question 2

Cerebrum

Answer 2

Houses the conscious mind, stores learned experiences, receives sensory information

Question 3

Motor cortex

Answer 3

Initiating of motor plan commands, sending out motor plan commands

Question 4

Somatosensory cortex

Answer 4

Pain, touch, temperature, movement, cardiovascular function

Question 5

Visual cortex

Answer 5

Interpretation of movement (speed/direction), color, shading, pattern recognition

Question 6

Diencephalon

Answer 6

Regulates autonomic nervous system, controls hormonal secretion/endocrine function, regulates limbic system functioning

Question 7

Thalamus

Answer 7

Relay station, processing info from brain stem to cerebrum,

Question 8

Cerebellum

Answer 8

Plans smooth, coordinated movements

Question 9

Brain stem

Answer 9

Passage way for fibers between spinal cord and cerebrum and processes, filters and routes signals

Question 10

Reticular information

Answer 10

Controls programmed, autonomic movements behavior

Question 11

Spinal cord

Answer 11

Links CNS to PNS, tunes modifies efferent commands, houses pattern generators

Question 12

Reacting brain (limbic system)

Answer 12

Includes memory, emotional control, motivation, hormonal regulation, sex drive and feeding

Question 13

Amygdala

Answer 13

Impulsive decision making