Neuro Wuiz 3

Question 1

Frontal lobe

Answer 1

Personality, abstract reasoning decision making

Question 2

Motor cortex

Answer 2

Motor impulses to muscles of body

Question 3

Broca’s area

Answer 3

Formation of words

Question 4

Hippocampus

Answer 4

Laying down of new memories

Question 5

Somatosensory cortex

Answer 5

Sensory info (touch)

Question 6

Inferior Colliculus

Answer 6

Part of auditory pathway

Question 7

Superior Colliculus

Answer 7

Part of a visual pathway

Question 8

Wernickes area

Answer 8

Speech and syntax, interpreting words

Question 9

Amygdala

Answer 9

Controls emotions

Question 10

Thalamus

Answer 10

Relays motor and sensory signals to the cerebral cortex

Question 11

Hypothalamus

Answer 11

Connects to nervous system, body temp, hunger, basic desires

Question 12

Corpus callosum

Answer 12

Allows communication between the two hemispheres

Question 13

Pons

Answer 13

Message center connects upper and lower brain

Question 14

Medulla

Answer 14

Regulates breathing, heart, involuntary survival needs

Question 15

Pituitary gland

Answer 15

Sends hormonal messages to tell the body about changes it needs

Question 16

Pineal gland

Answer 16

Regulates reproduction of hormones

Question 17

Auditory cortex

Answer 17

Hearing

Question 18

Parietal lobe

Answer 18

Pure sight

Question 19

Occipital lobe

Answer 19

Understanding what you see

Question 20

Temporal lobe

Answer 20

Hearing, taste and smell; memories

Question 21

Cerebellum

Answer 21

Coordinated motor control