Limbic System and Basal Ganglia and the inner parts of the brain

Question 1

What is the function of the Corpus Callosum?

Answer 1

Connects the Left and Right hemispheres of the brain

Question 2

What is the function of Oligodendrocytes?

Answer 2

Produces Myelin

Question 3

What is the function of the hippocampus?

Answer 3

Is responsible for memory and learning

Question 4

What are the functions of the cingulate cortex?

Answer 4

Regulates emotions, emotional response, pain processing, and behavior

Question 5

What is the function of the Pituitary gland?

Answer 5

Produces and releases hormones (testosterone, stress hormones, estrogen, sex hormones, etc)

Question 6

What group of structures is the cingulate cortex a part of?

Answer 6

Limbic System

Question 7

What is the function of the cerebellum?

Answer 7

Fine tuning motor movements (coordination, muscle memory, balance)

Question 8

What group of structures is the amygdala a part of?

Answer 8

Limbic System

Question 9

What is the function of the thalamus?

Answer 9

Acts as a relay station for sensory and motor information

Question 10

What regulates emotion, processes memories, and manages basic survival behaviors?

Answer 10

The Limbic system

Question 11

What is responsible for fine tuning motor movements (coordination, muscle memory, balance)

Answer 11

Cerebellum

Question 12

What produces myelin?

Answer 12

Oligodendrocytes

Question 13

What are the functions of the Basal Ganglia?

Answer 13

Initiates and fine tunes motor movement

Question 14

What Initiates and fine tunes motor movement?

Answer 14

Basal Ganglia

Question 15

What produces and releases hormones?

Answer 15

Pituitary gland

Question 16

What connects the Left and Right hemispheres of the brain?

Answer 16

Corpus Callosum

Question 17

What is the Corpus Callosum made of?

Answer 17

White Matter

Question 18

What is responsible for regulating the pituitary gland, autonomic nervous system, and homeostatic functions (body temperature, hunger, heart rate, thirst, etc)

Answer 18

Hypothalamus

Question 19

What is responsible for memory and learning?

Answer 19

Hippocampus

Question 20

What is the function of the Amygdala?

Answer 20

Threat detection, fight or flight, activates when something in our environment requires attention

Question 21

What acts as a relay station for sensory and motor information?

Answer 21

Thalamus

Question 22

What is responsible for emotional response, pain processing, and behavior?

Answer 22

Cingulate cortex

Question 23

What is myelin made of?

Answer 23

Protein and fatty substances

Question 24

What are the functions of the Limbic system?

Answer 24

Regulates emotion, process memories, and manage basic survival behaviors

Question 25

What is the function of the hypothalamus?

Answer 25

Regulates the pituitary gland, autonomic nervous system, homeostatic functions (body temperature, hunger, heart rate, thirst, etc)

Question 26

What is the function of myelin?

Answer 26

Insulates nerves and allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently along the nerve cells.