NERVOUS SYSTEM - Brain Regions & Functions

Question 1

Brainstem: Medulla Oblongata

Answer 1

Controls respiration, vasomotor function, and reflexes.

Question 2

Brainstem: Pons

Answer 2

Controls respiratory rhythm.

Question 3

Brainstem: Midbrain

Answer 3

Corpora Quadrigemina: Visual & auditory reflexes.

Cerebral Peduncle: Conducts signals between the cerebellum & brainstem

Question 4

Diencephalon: Thalamus

Answer 4

Sensory relay center.

Question 5

Diencephalon: Hypothalamus

Answer 5

Controls homeostasis, temperature, thirst, hunger, emotions, and hormone release.

Question 6

Diencephalon: Epithalamus

Answer 6

Contains the pineal gland, which produces melatonin (regulates sleep).

Question 7

Cerebellum: Function

Answer 7

Coordinates movement & balance.

Question 8

Cerebellum: Grey Matter

Answer 8

Folia

Question 9

Cerebellum: Vermis

Answer 9

Connects the two hemispheres.

Question 10

Cerebrum: Frontal Lobe

Answer 10

Motor function, speech (Broca’s area), planning, judgment.

Question 11

Cerebrum: Parietal Lobe

Answer 11

Sensory processing, touch, taste.

Question 12

Cerebrum: Occipital Lobe

Answer 12

Visual processing

Question 13

Cerebrum: Temporal Lobe

Answer 13

Auditory & olfactory processing.