Neurons and the brain

Question 1

What is in the Cortex?

Answer 1

Occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, and the frontal lobe.

Question 2

Parietal lobe

Answer 2

somatosensory! deals with smell and other senses. (cortex)

Question 3

Occipital lobe

Answer 3

vision (cortex)

Question 4

Temporal lobe

Answer 4

Hearing, speech, auditory stuff (cortex)

Question 5

Frontal lobe

Answer 5

Reasoning, executive functioning. logic, all that good stuff. (cortex)

Question 6

Limbic System

Answer 6

Behavioral/emotional stuff. Thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala.

Question 7

Thalamus

Answer 7

Sensory center. All the sensory info except for smell is processed and passed along to the cerebral cortex. (Limbic)

Question 8

Hypothalamus

Answer 8

Hormones! Things that motivate you/drive you to do something. (Limbic)

Question 9

Hippocampus

Answer 9

Memory (limbic)

Question 10

Amygdala

Answer 10

Anger and fear

Question 11

Cingulate cortex

Answer 11

emotional/cognitive processing and selective attention.

Question 12

Hindbrain

Answer 12

Medulla, pons, reticular formation, cerebellum.

Question 13

Medulla

Answer 13

MED: Keeps you alive! Basic human functions like heart rate (hindbrain)

Question 14

Pons

Answer 14

Sleep/awake, left/right body coordination, arousal (hindbrain)

Question 15

Reticular formation

Answer 15

Attention, alertness, arousal (hindbrain)

Question 16

Cerebellum

Answer 16

fine movements/balance (hindbrain)

Question 17

HPA Axis

Answer 17

Hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenals. The adrenals then released epinephrine and norepinephrine.