Chapter 3

Question 1

Frontal Lobes

Answer 1

Helps make decisions and remember

*motor cortex takes actions on thoughts

Question 2

Parietal Lobes

Answer 2

Processes sensations

*somatosensory cortex- sensations and where they came from

Question 3

Occipital Lobes

Answer 3

Vision

Question 4

Temporal Lobes

Answer 4

Sound

Question 5

Hippocampus

Answer 5

Connects the past to the present. Helps remember location.

Question 6

Amygdala

Answer 6

Connected to aggression and fear

Question 7

Hypothalamus

Answer 7

Regulates the body and experiences human pleasures

Question 8

Cerebellum

Answer 8

Controls complex movements, keeps events in order, and makes habitual responses

Question 9

Limbic System

Answer 9

Enhanced emotions. Makes it possible to not only rely on instincts

Question 10

Dendrites

Answer 10

Connect neurons to transfer information

Question 11

Soma

Answer 11

The neurons nucleus, where information is stored

Question 12

Axon

Answer 12

Connect the soma with terminal buttons, information sent along the axon in the form of electricity called action potential

Question 13

Synapse

Answer 13

The gap between nerve cells

Question 14

Glial cells

Answer 14

Form myelin sheath

Question 15

Central nervous system

Answer 15

Brain and spinal chord

Question 16

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 16

Sometic/action
Autonomic=vital functions
Sympathetic/ Parasympathetic

Question 17

Medulla

Answer 17

Regulates basic bodily functions

Question 18

Pons

Answer 18

Sleep and dreaming

Question 19

Reticular formation

Answer 19

Keeps awake you and monitors incoming information

Question 20

Thalamus

Answer 20

Directs brain traffic