exam 4 images

Question 1

primary visual center

Answer 1

occipital lobe

Question 2

relay station, transmits sensory and motor signals to cerebral cortex, regulating consciousness, alertness, and sleep

Answer 2

thalamus

Question 3

auditory information and memory

Answer 3

temporal lobe

Question 4

autonomic functions

Answer 4

medulla

Question 5

focuses on memory processing and relays information between hippocampus and hypothalamus

Answer 5

mamillary bodies

Question 6

master gland, produces hormones

Answer 6

pituitary gland

Question 7

forms, organizes, and stores new memories especially in learning

Answer 7

hippocampus

Question 8

regulates breathing, sleep, and arousal

Answer 8

pons

Question 9

regulates arousal, attention, stress response, and mood

Answer 9

locus coeruleus

Question 10

connects hippocampus to other parts of the brain, plays a role in memory and information transfer in limbic system

Answer 10

fornix

Question 11

regulating emotions, processing pain, attention and memory in limbic system

Answer 11

cingulate gyrus

Question 12

where optic nerves cross

Answer 12

optic chiasm

Question 13

voluntary movements, balance, posture, motor learning

Answer 13

cerebellum

Question 14

body temperature, hunger, thirst, sleep, and emotional processes

Answer 14

hypothalamus

Question 15

regulates the body’s circadian rhythm

Answer 15

pineal gland

Question 16

processes emotions (specifically fear and pleasure), plays a key role in memory and decision making

Answer 16

amygdala

Question 17

brains reward system, pleasure, reward, reinforcement

Answer 17

nucleus accumbens

Question 18

sensory information like touch, temperature, and pain; also spatial awareness, movement coordination

Answer 18

parietal lobe

Question 19

decision making, problem solving; personality, emotional regulation, speech production

Answer 19

frontal lobe

Question 20

produce serotonin, regulates mood, sleep, arousal, and pain perception

Answer 20

raphe nuclei

Question 21

regulates circadian rhythms, sleep-wake cycles, and responds to light signals received by retina

Answer 21

suprachiasmatic nucleus