Brain Structures & Functions

Question 1

Amygdala

Answer 1

Helps to regulate fear and aggression.

Question 2

Auditory Cortex

Answer 2

Aid in the perception of sound.

Question 3

Broca’s Area

Answer 3

Aids in speech production, in left frontal lobe.

Question 4

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 4

Outermost part of brain.

Question 5

Cerebreum

Answer 5

Largest and most complex part of brain, covered by cerebral cortex, includes four lobes.

Question 6

Cerebellum

Answer 6

Helps with balance and movement, memory, integration of sensory memory and problem solving skills.

Question 7

Corpus Callosum

Answer 7

Connection between the left and right hemispheres, allows the hemisphere’s to talk to one another.

Question 8

Forebrain

Answer 8

Motivation, complex thoughts.

Question 9

Frontal Lobes

Answer 9

CEO of the brain, involved in thinking, planning, problem solving, emotions, behavioral control, decision making, and personality; includes Motor Cortex and Broca’s Area.

Question 10

Hindbrain

Answer 10

Helps to control bodily functions essential to survival.

Question 11

Hippocampus

Answer 11

Helps regulate emotion and self-preservation; invlolved in memory processing, learning, and the experience of pleasure.

Question 12

Hypothalamus

Answer 12

Helps to regulate body temperature, thirst/hunger drive, controls pituitary gland, sex drive, dopamine release, helps maintain homeostasis.

Question 13

Limbic System

Answer 13

Contains the thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala, important for motivated behaviors.

Question 14

Left Hempisphere

Answer 14

Language processing speech production, controls movement on right side.

Question 15

Madulla

Answer 15

Helps to regulate heartbeat and breathing.

Question 16

Midbrain

Answer 16

Reflective Movement, connects hindbrain and forebrain.

Question 17

Motor Cortex

Answer 17

Helps regulate movement.

Question 18

Occipital Lobes

Answer 18

Helps regulate vision, color identification, perception of movement, includes the Visual Cortex.

Question 19

Parietal Lobes

Answer 19

Registers sense of touch, involved in perception, spatial processing, spelling, knowledge of numbers.

Question 20

Pituitary Gland

Answer 20

Release hormones, controls much of the functioning of endocrine system.

Question 21

Pons

Answer 21

Links the medulla with the thalamus, breathing, helps limit movement during sleep.

Question 22

Prefrontal Cortex

Answer 22

Attention, self-control, social processes.

Question 23

Reticular Formation

Answer 23

Helps regulate arousal levels, “on switch” for higher level thinking, helps with sleep and attention.

Question 24

Right Hemisphere

Answer 24

Spatial relationships, control movement on right side of body.

Question 25

Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 25

Helps regulate touch sensations.

Question 26

Subcortical Structures

Answer 26

Structures directly beneath cortex, include limbic system.

Question 27

Temporal Lobes

Answer 27

Helps regulate memory, understanding of language, facial recognition, hearing, includes Auditory Cortex and Wernicke’s Area.

Question 28

Thalamus

Answer 28

Relay center for incoming and outgoing sensory information.

Question 29

Visual Cortex

Answer 29

Regulates visual processing.

Question 30

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 30

Language development and speech comprehension, located in the left frontal lobe.