misc brain/nerve functions for exam 2

Question 1

frontal lobe functions

Answer 1

-decision making
- personality
-verbal communication -voluntary motor control of skeletal muscles

Question 2

parietal lobe functions

Answer 2

sensory interpretation of textures and shapes
understanding speech

Question 3

temporal lobe functions

Answer 3

auditory and olfactory experience

Question 4

occipital lobe functions

Answer 4

vision

Question 5

insula/insular lobe functions

Answer 5

taste

Question 6

postcentral gyrus

Answer 6

primary somatosensory cortex (in parietal lobe)

Question 7

precentral gyrus

Answer 7

primary motor cortex (in frontal lobe)

Question 8

hypothalamus mnemonic

Answer 8

beetsham

Question 9

hypothalamus functions

Answer 9

behavior, endocrine, emotions, temperature control, sleep/wake cycles, hunger/thirst, autonomic control, memory

Question 10

cerebellum functions

Answer 10

fine tunes, smoothens and coordinates motor movements, balance/equilibrium

Question 11

optic nerve (CN II)

Answer 11

sensory: vision

Question 12

olfactory nerve (CN I)

Answer 12

sensory: smell

Question 13

oculomotor nerve CN III

Answer 13

motor: extrinsic eye muscles (superior, inferior, & medial rectus, inferior oblique)
constrict pupil

Question 14

trochlear nerve CN IV

Answer 14

motor: extrinsic eye muscle (superior oblique)

Question 15

trigeminal nerve CN V

Answer 15

sensory: face, teeth, tongue (general senses)
motor: muscles of mastication

Question 16

abducens nerve CN VI

Answer 16

motor: extrinsic eye muscle (lateral rectus)

Question 17

facial nerve CN VII

Answer 17

sensory: taste–anterior 2/3 of tongue
motor: muscles of facial expression (levator labii superioris, zygomaticus, etc.)
secretion of saliva and tears

Question 18

vestibulocochlear CN VIII

Answer 18

sensory: hearing and balance

Question 19

glossopharyngeal CN IX

Answer 19

sensory: taste–posterior 1/3 of tongue
motor: swallowing and secretion of saliva

Question 20

vagus nerve CN X

Answer 20

sensory: visceral sensations (thoracic and abdominal cavities)
motor: heart, respiratory (lungs), digestive system, swallowing

Question 21

accessory nerve CN XI

Answer 21

motor: sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

Question 22

hypoglossal nerve CN XII

Answer 22

motor: tongue muscles

Question 23

brainstem functions

Answer 23

-bidirectional passageway between cererbrum and spinal cord
-many autonomic and reflex centers
-point of attachment for cranial nerves

Question 24

medulla functions

Answer 24

-cardiac center
-vasomotor center
-respiratory center
-reflexes (coughing, sneezing, gagging, vomiting, etc.)