Nervous System

Question 1

What is the Primary function of the occipital lobe?

Answer 1

Process visual images

Question 2

What allows the two cerebral hemispheres to communicate with one another

Answer 2

Corpus Callosum

Question 3

What makes part of the brain allows us to be the most complex animal?

Answer 3

Frontal Lobe

Question 4

What does the peripheral nervous system do?

Answer 4

All of the nerves throughout the body

Question 5

What does the hypothalamus do?

Answer 5

Controls hunger sensations

Question 6

What do the meninges do?

Answer 6

Acts as a layer of protection around the nerves of the brain and spinal cord

Question 7

What acts as a communication link between the body and the brain?

Answer 7

The spinal cord

Question 8

What acts as a relay station for sensory output?

Answer 8

The thalamus

Question 9

Part of the brainstem that contains homeostatic control centers for breathing, heart rate, and swallowing

Answer 9

Medulla

Question 10

Part of the brain involved in coordinating muscle movement of the body, balance, and agility

Answer 10

Cerebellum

Question 11

Part of the brain that allows for complex thinking patterns and problem-solving skills

Answer 11

Frontal lobe

Question 12

Two parts of the brainstem that can only be seen on the internal anatomy of the brain are?

Answer 12

Thalamus and amygdala

Question 13

Adults use this part of the brain to make decisions

Answer 13

Frontal Lobe

Question 14

A traumatic hit to the back of the head could cause ____, because those messages are processed in the occipital lobe

Answer 14

Blindness

Question 15

Relay station for sensory information

Answer 15

Thalamus

Question 16

Part of the brain that processes complex information or abstract thoughts

Answer 16

Frontal Lobe

Question 17

What is involved in coordinating muscle movements of the body, balance, and agility

Answer 17

Cerebellum

Question 18

Part of the brain adolescents use to make decisions

Answer 18

Amygdala

Question 19

Part of the brainstem that contains homeostatic control centers for breathing, heart rate, swallowing

Answer 19

Medulla Oblongata

Question 20

Band of axons that connect the cerebral hemispheres and allow them to communicate with each other.

Answer 20

Corpus Callosum

Question 21

What two parts make up the brainstem and can be seen on the external brain?

Answer 21

Medulla Oblongata and Pons

Question 22

Important control center that controls metabolism, hunger, and thirst

Answer 22

Hypothalamus

Question 23

Part of the brain where visual impulses are processed

Answer 23

Occipital Lobe

Question 24

Part of brain that differentiates humans from different animals

Answer 24

Frontal Lobe

Question 25

Three important set points that are closely monitored by our brain in order to maintain homeostasis

Answer 25

Nutrient levels, fluid and electrolytes, temperature

Question 26

How do negative feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis?

Answer 26

The body goes the opposite of the stimulus

Question 27

How do positive feedback mechanisms affect the body?

Answer 27

When a set point changes the body responds and increases the original stimulus.

Question 28

Type of feedback do most of the human homeostatic set points have

Answer 28

Negative Feedback