Brain System

Question 1

Lobes of Cerebrum

Answer 1

• Frontal
• Parietal
• Occipital
• Temporal
• Insula

Question 2

Frontal Lobe

Answer 2

-Higher cognition, organizing, problem solving, personality

Question 3

Right Parietal Lobe

Answer 3

-Processing visual and spatial info

Question 4

Left Parietal Lobe

Answer 4

-Processing spoken and written language

Question 5

Right Temporal Lobe

Answer 5

-Visual memory (pictures and faces)

Question 6

Left Temporal Lobe

Answer 6

-Verbal memory (words and names)

Question 7

Occipital Lobe

Answer 7

Processing visual information

Question 8

Insula

Answer 8

• Lies within the depths of the lateral sulcus

- Controls primitive motor movements

Question 9

Cerebrum

Answer 9

Largest part of the brain and consists of left and right hemispheres

Question 10

Gyri

Answer 10

Bumps of the cerebrum

Question 11

Sulci

Answer 11

Grooves of the cerebrum

Question 12

Fissures and large sulci

Answer 12

Separate main lobes of the brain

Question 13

Longitudinal Fissure

Answer 13

Separates the left and right cerebral hemispheres

-occupied by falx cerebri

Question 14

Transverse Fissure/Sulcus

Answer 14

Separates the cerebrum from cerebellum

-occupied by the tentorium cerebelli

Question 15

Lateral Sulcus

Answer 15

Separates the temporal lobe from the rest of the cerebrum

Question 16

Central Sulcus

Answer 16

Separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe

Question 17

Precentral gyrus

Answer 17

Primary motor cortex

-anterior to Central sulcus

Question 18

Postcentral gyrus

Answer 18

Primary sensory cortex

-posterior to central sulcus

Question 19

Corpus Callosum

Answer 19

-Joins right and left cerebral hemispheres
4 distinct regions:
1. Rostrum
2. Genu
3. Trunk
4. Splenium

Question 20

Thalamus

Answer 20

-Most important sensory relay enter of brain

Question 21

Mammillary Bodies

Answer 21

-Sensory information and control reflexes for chewing and swallowing

Question 22

Optic Chiasm

Answer 22

Area of dessication or crossing over for the optic nerce

Question 23

Cerebellum

Answer 23

Connects the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata

-Responsible for coordinating and smoothing muscular body movements

Question 24

Vermis

Answer 24

Separates left and right hemispheres of cerebellum

Question 25

Brainstem

Answer 25

• Consists of Midbrain, Pons, and Medulla Oblongata

- most primitive portion of brain, controlling bodily functions essential to life