Functions!

Question 1

Frontal Lobe

Answer 1

• voluntary motor
• higher mental processing
• emotional behavior
• speech output (Broca’s area - L hemisphere)

Question 2

Parietal Lobe

Answer 2

• process sensory reception from body

- tactile recognition

Question 3

Temporal Lobe

Answer 3

• hearing and smell
• memory
• speech perception (Wernicke’s area)

Question 4

Occipital Lobe

Answer 4

• vision

Question 5

Pre-Central Gyrus

Answer 5

• voluntary movement

Question 6

Post-central Gyrus

Answer 6

• somatosensory reception

Question 7

Broca and Wernicke areas

Answer 7

Broca = language production
Wernicke = language processing

Question 8

Olfactory Tract

Answer 8

• transmit smell to brain

Question 9

Optic Tract/Chiasm

Answer 9

• transmits visual info to brain

Question 10

Infundibulum

Answer 10

• transmits hormones to posterior pituitary

- pituitary stalk –> holds gland

Question 11

Mamillary Bodies

Answer 11

• emotional behavior
• memory
• autonomic regulation

Question 12

Pons

Answer 12

• sleep/breathing control

- transfers info bw cerebellar peduncles

Question 13

Medulla

Answer 13

Centers:

• respiratory
• cardiac
• blood pressure

Question 14

Pyramids

Answer 14

• motor fiber tracts

Question 15

Fasciculus Gracilis

Answer 15

• goes to LE

center of dorsal brainstem

Question 16

Fasciculus Cuneatus

Answer 16

• goes to UE

lateral sides dorsal BS

Question 17

Midbrain

Answer 17

• coordinates mov’t in response to auditory and visual stimuli

Question 18

Tegmentum

Answer 18

• motor function control

floor of BS

Question 19

Tectum

Answer 19

Superior c = visual processing - response to light

Inferior c = auditory processing - response to sound

Question 20

Corpus Callosum

Answer 20

• transmits 75% of info bw hemispheres

Question 21

Cingulate Gyrus

Answer 21

• emotion

- emotional response to pain

Question 22

Thalamus

Answer 22

• relays sensory info to cortex

- relays motor info for planning

Question 23

Hypothalamus

Answer 23

• controls autonomic NS
• regulates body temp, food, water intake
• regulates emotional behavior
• sleep/wake cycle
• memory

Question 24

Epithalamus

Answer 24

• secretion of endocrine glands

Question 25

Subthalamus

Answer 25

• neural circuit controlling mov’t

Question 26

Basal Ganglia

- caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus)

Answer 26

• mov’t planning and execution

- muscle tone and posture

Question 27

Insula

Answer 27

• perception of taste and smell

- understanding of spoken language

Question 28

Hippocampus

Answer 28

• learning and memory processing

- emotional behavior

Question 29

Uncus

Answer 29

• landmark of amygdala

Question 30

Parahippocampal Gyrus

Answer 30

• memory encoding and retrieval

Question 31

Fornix

Answer 31

• emotion

- memory

Question 32

Limbic system

Answer 32

• emotion

Question 33

Substantia nigra

Answer 33

• releases dopamine
• eye mov’t
• motor planning
• learning, addiction, reward seeking
• If white = Parkinson’s

Question 34

Red Nucleus

Answer 34

• minimal role in motor function

Question 35

DRG (Dorsal Root Ganglia)

Answer 35

• site of info transmission into SC

Question 36

Cerebellum

Answer 36

• coordinates mov’t

Question 37

Anterior Cerebellar Lobe

Answer 37

• mediates unconscious proprioception

Question 38

Posterior Cerebellar Lobe

Answer 38

• fine motor coordination

Question 39

Flocculonodular

Answer 39

• maintain equilibrium

Question 40

Vermis

Answer 40

• bodily posture and locomotion