Brain structures and functions

Question 1

Cerebral cortex

Answer 1

Telencephaion region
Both grey and white
Function: Thought and action

Question 2

Pre-central gyrus

Answer 2

Telencephaion region
Grey and white
Function:controls the voluntary movements of skeletal muscles

Question 3

Choroid plexes

Answer 3

Telencephanion region
N/A
Function: produces cerebrospinal fluid

Question 4

Corpus collasum

Answer 4

Telencephanion region
White matter
Function:
integrate motor, sensory, and cognitive performances

Question 5

Olfactory bulb and tracts

Answer 5

Telen region
White matter
Function: oder detection

Question 6

Fornix

Answer 6

Telen region
White
Function:carries signals from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies and then to the anterior nuclei of thalamus

Question 7

Thalmus

Answer 7

Diencephalon region
White matter
Function:consciousness, sleep, and sensory interpretation

Question 8

Pineal gland

Answer 8

Dien region
N/A
Function: regulate reproductive hormones.

Question 9

Optic nerve, chiasma, and tract

Answer 9

Dien region
White matter
Function: transfer visual information from the retina to the vision centers of the brain via electrical impulses

Chiasma:The optic nerve connects the brain to the eye.`

Question 10

Hypothalamus

Answer 10

Dien region
White matter
Function: link nervous system to the endocrine system

Question 11

Mammilary body

Answer 11

Dien region
White matter
Function: recollective memory.

Question 12

Neurohypophysis aka pituitary gland

Answer 12

Dien region
White matter
Function: following hormones and releases them into the bloodstream

Question 13

Cerbral aqueduct

Answer 13

Mesencephalon region
N/A
Function: 
contains cerebrospinal fluid 
connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon to the fourth ventricle

Question 14

Cerebral peduncles

Answer 14

Mes region
White matter
Function: help transport nerve impulses from the higher part of the brain (cortex) and the brain stem, or lower part of the brain, to other areas of the central nervous system.

Question 15

Corpora quadrigemina

Answer 15

Mes region
white matter
Function: reflex centers involving vision and hearing.

Question 16

Cerebellum

Answer 16

Phombencephalon region
White matter
Function: coordinates voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech, resulting in smooth and balanced muscular activity.

Question 17

Pons

Answer 17

Phomb region
White matter
Function: relay signals from the forebrain to the cerebellum,
sleep, respiration, swallowing, bladder control, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movement, facial expressions, facial sensation, and posture.

Question 18

Medulla oblongata

Answer 18

Phomb region
White matter
Function: helps regulate breathing, heart and blood vessel function, digestion, sneezing, and swallowing.