More More Parts Of The Brain

Question 1

Cerebellum

Answer 1

Receives incoming messages regarding movement within joints, muscle tone, and positions of the body

Question 2

Messages are relayed to the different parts of the brain that control the motions of skeletal muscles here

Answer 2

Cerebellum

Question 3

General functions of the cerebellum

Answer 3

1. Produce smooth and coordinated movements 2. Maintain equilibrium 3. Sustain normal postures

Question 4

Brainstem

Answer 4

Connects the cerebral hemispheres with the spinal cord
1. Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

Question 5

Midbrain and pons

Answer 5

Provide conduction pathways to and from the higher and lower centers in the brain, control reflexes for movements of the eyes and head in response to visual and auditory smell

Question 6

medulla oblongata

Answer 6

Connected to the spinal cord, controls basic survival functions
Respiration, heart rate, blood pressure, reflexes for coughing sneezing swallowing and vomiting

Question 7

Spinal cord

Answer 7

Contains all nerves that affect the limbs and lower part of the body, pathway for impulses traveling to and from the brain

Question 8

Spinal cord surrounded and protected by

Answer 8

Cerebrospinal fluid and the meninges