Chapter 9 Major parts of the brain

Question 1

frontal lobe

Answer 1

anterior most lobe; voluntary control over skeletal muscles; verbal communication and thought

Question 2

parietal lobe

Answer 2

general senses/sensory perception

Question 3

temporal lobe

Answer 3

hearing and equilibrium

Question 4

occipital lobe

Answer 4

vision and coordination of eye movement

Question 5

insular lobe

Answer 5

involved in memory

Question 6

cerebrum

Answer 6

largest part of brain

2 cerebral hemispheres and few other portions

Question 7

diencephalon

Answer 7

3 major components ephithalmus, thalamus, hypothalamus

Question 8

thalamus

Answer 8

relay center for general sensory impulses that ascend the spinal cord

Question 9

hypothalamus

Answer 9

produce several horomones and contains several special centers that involve thermoregulation, hunger, thirst, sex, and emotional states

Question 10

mesencephalon

Answer 10

relay center for visual and auditory reflexes, contains motor nuclei for cranial nerves 3 and 4

Question 11

pons

Answer 11

nuclei for cranial nerves 5,6,7,8 and two respiratory centers

Question 12

cerebellum

Answer 12

second largest part of brain

coordinates skeletal muscle activity

Question 13

medulla oblongata

Answer 13

most inferior part of brain

decussation site for many of the ascending and descending fiber tracts