Nervous System Structures

Question 1

Spinal cord

Answer 1

Simple reflexes & nerve impulse relay

Question 2

Medulla

Answer 2

Autonomic process(BP, heart rate,respiratory rate, vomiting, & swallowing)

Question 3

Pons

Answer 3

Controls balance + relays info to cerebellum & thalamus

Question 4

Cerebellum

Answer 4

Coordination and movement (especially complex & fine tasks)

Question 5

Midbrain

Answer 5

(Integration of audio and visual + wakefulness & Consciousness)

Question 6

Thalamus

Answer 6

Relays somatic information from spinal cord to brain

Question 7

Hypothalamus

Answer 7

Homeostasis(body temp, fluid, & appetite) & (anger, rage, & sex)
Controls pituitary glad by portal vein

Question 8

Basal nuclei

Answer 8

Coordination of learned & unconscious movement.

Question 9

Limbic system

Answer 9

Emotion, memory & learning

Coordination between conscious & unconscious mem &retrieval

Question 10

Cerebral cortex

Answer 10

What defines humans-outer layer of brain

Question 11

Frontal lobe

Answer 11

Voluntary movement & reasoning

Question 12

Brocas area

Answer 12

Speech production

Question 13

Wernickes area

Answer 13

Language comprehension

Question 14

Motor homunculus

Answer 14

Motor control

Question 15

Sensory homunculus (parietal)

Answer 15

General sensation

Question 16

Occipital

Answer 16

Vision

Question 17

Temporal

Answer 17

Auditory processing, short term mem, emotion