Lobes of Brain

Question 1

Frontal

Answer 1

higher cognition, organizing, problem solving, and personality

Question 2

Parietal

Answer 2

right = processing visual and spatial info
left = processing spoken and written language

Question 3

temporal

Answer 3

processing ipsolateral auditory signals from vestibulocochlear nerve for hearing
right = visual memory (pics and faces)
left = verbal memory (words and names)

Question 4

occipital

Answer 4

visual info

Question 5

insula

Answer 5

control primitive motor movements

Question 6

gyri (gyrus)

Answer 6

bumps

Question 7

sulci (sulcus)

Answer 7

grooves

Question 8

longitudinal (sagittal) fissure

Answer 8

occupied by fax cerebri, separates brain in half

Question 9

transverse fissure/sulcus

Answer 9

occupied by tantrum cerebella, separates cerebrum from cerebellum

Question 10

lateral fissure/sulcus

Answer 10

separates temporal lobe from rest of cerebrum

Question 11

precentral gyrus

Answer 11

primary motor cortex

Question 12

postcentral gyrus

Answer 12

primary sensory cortex

Question 13

corpus callosum

Answer 13

rostrum, genu, trunk, splenium

Question 14

thalamus

Answer 14

sensory relay center

Question 15

mamillary bodies

Answer 15

reflexes for chewing and swallowing

Question 16

optic chiasm

Answer 16

location of CN II crossing over

Question 17

CSF flow

Answer 17

lateral ventricles
interventricular foramen of Monroe
third ventricle
cerebral aqueduct of sylvius 
fourth ventricle
foramen of megendie
foramina of luschka
subarachnoid space
chroid plexus = filters CSF from blood
septum pellucidum = thin layer that covers ventricles

Question 18

cerebellum

Answer 18

coordinating/ smoothing muscular body movement

Question 19

vermis

Answer 19

separates R and L hemispheres

Question 20

arbor vitae

Answer 20

tree of life (white matter)

Question 21

brain stem 
midbrain:
pons:
medulla oblongata:
superior colliculi:
inferior colliculi:

Answer 21

contains corpa quadrigemina (includes superior and inferior colliculi)
coordinates inspiration and expiration; relays nerve impulses
regulates respiration, heart rate, blood pressure
pathway of vision
pathway of hearing

Question 22

gray matter

Answer 22

cell bodies

Question 23

white matter

Answer 23

axons-myelin

Question 24

hypothalamus

Answer 24

sex, hormones, eating (carb and lipids), metabolism, emotions, temperature, sleep/wake cycles

Question 25

pituitary gland

Answer 25

anterior: FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, PRL, endorphins, GH, MSH,

Question 26

pineal gland

Answer 26

secretes melatonin, circadian rhythms

Question 27

schlera

Answer 27

outer layer/white fibrous

Question 28

cornea

Answer 28

transparent/window of the eye

Question 29

choroid

Answer 29

middle layer/vascular/absorbs stray lights

Question 30

cilliary bodies/muscles

Answer 30

controls shape of lens, attach to suspensory ligaments

Question 31

suspensory ligaments

Answer 31

attach to periphery or the lens

Question 32

iris

Answer 32

color part, regulates pupil size

Question 33

pupil

Answer 33

where light passes through

Question 34

lens

Answer 34

focuses vision when contracted/divids eye in two chambers

Question 35

photoreceptor cells
rods:
cones:

Answer 35

more sensitive to light (night vision)

less sensitive to light (visual activity and color)

Question 36

optic disc

Answer 36

no rods or cones, blind spot, form optic nerve

Question 37

outer ear

pinna -> tempanic membrane

Answer 37

pinna (auricle)

auditory canal

Question 38

middle ear

tempanic membrane -> oval window

Answer 38

tempanic membrane (eardrum)
ossicles:
malleus
incus
stapes
eustachian tube: equalization of air pressure (sneeze, yawn)
oval window

Question 39

inner ear

oval window -> inward

Answer 39

semicircular canal: equilibrium/maintain balance

cochlea- hearing