nervous system

Question 1

what is the cerebrum?

Answer 1

outer layer & largest part of the brain

Question 2

What does the cerebrum do?

Answer 2

site of integration

Question 3

What is the outer layer of the cerebrum?

Answer 3

cerebral cortex

Question 4

What is the outside of the cerebrum covered by?

Answer 4

sulci and gyri

Question 5

What is a sulci?

Answer 5

a valley or indent

Question 6

What is a gyri?

Answer 6

a peak

Question 7

How many lobes is the cerebrum?

Answer 7

4

Question 8

How many hemisphere does the cerebrum have?

Answer 8

2 (left; right)

Question 9

What connects the two hemispheres?

Answer 9

the corpus callosum

Question 10

What is the diencephalon?

Answer 10

the interbrain- deep within the brain

Question 11

What does the diencephalon do?

Answer 11

connects the cerebrum to the brain stem

Question 12

What does the diencephalon contain?

Answer 12

thalamus, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland

Question 13

What is the pituitary gland?

Answer 13

the master endocrine gland-controls other hormones releasing glands

Question 14

What does the brain stem do?

Answer 14

attaches the spinal cord to the cerebrum

Question 15

What does the brain stem control?

Answer 15

basic needs and determines where information entering and leaving the brain needs to go

Question 16

What does the brain stem consist of?

Answer 16

midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

Question 17

What is the cerebellum?

Answer 17

“little brain”

Question 18

What does the cerebellum do?

Answer 18

muscle memory and muscle coordination

Question 19

What is the function of the front lobe?

Answer 19

executive function: planning, organizing, self monitoring, personality, decision making

Question 20

What does the front lobe contain?

Answer 20

motor cortex and broca’s area

Question 21

What is the motor cortex?

Answer 21

starts all movement

Question 22

What is the broca’s area?

Answer 22

allows us to form speech

Question 23

What does the parietal lobe contain?

Answer 23

sensory cortex and wernicke’s area

Question 24

What is the sensory cortex?

Answer 24

receives most sensory information

Question 25

What is the Wernicke’s area?

Answer 25

allows us to understand speech

Question 26

What does the parietal lobe do?

Answer 26

receives sensory information, controls spatial awareness, allows us to understand speech

Question 27

What does the temporal lobe do?

Answer 27

receives and interprets auditory and olfactory information, develops memories, controls fear/ anxiety, controls short and long term memory

Question 28

What does the temporal lobe contain?

Answer 28

amygdala and hippocampus

Question 29

What is olfactory information?

Answer 29

smell

Question 30

What does the amygdala control?

Answer 30

fear and anxiety

Question 31

What does the hippocampus control?

Answer 31

short and long term memory

Question 32

What does the occipital lobe do?

Answer 32

receives and interprets visual information

Question 33

What is the midbrain incharge of?

Answer 33

auditory and visual reflexes

Question 34

What does the thalamus do?

Answer 34

sorts data as it comes to the cerebrum and sends the data to the proper part of the cerebrum

Question 35

What does the hypothalamus do

Answer 35

maintains homeostasis, controls pituitary gland

Question 36

What does the medulla oblongata do?

Answer 36

regulates heart rate, respiration rates, and blood vessels dilation and constriction

Question 37

What are pons?

Answer 37

bridge between the cerebellum and motor cortex/sensory cortex

Question 38

What does pons do?

Answer 38

allows the cerebellum to better coordinate movement