Part 2

Question 1

• Largest of lobes, located right behind forehead

* Deals with intelligence, personality, logic, planning, and long term memory

Answer 1

frontal lobe

Question 2

• located BACK TOWARDS BOTTOM of brain

* deals w vision

Answer 2

occipital lobe

Question 3

• located right above ears

* deals w hearing

Answer 3

temporal lobe

Question 4

• located in temporal lobe in both hemispheres

* forms new memories

Answer 4

hippocampus

Question 5

• located in both spheres, looks like an almond

* reactions to emotional situations

Answer 5

amygdala

Question 6

• located BACK TOWARDS TOP of brain

* deals w sensory info, chronological math, spatial abilities

Answer 6

parietal lobe

Question 7

• located right below the occipital lobe

* deals w coordination and balance

Answer 7

cerebellum

Question 8

Connects brain to spinal cord

Answer 8

brain stem

Question 9

responds to sensory information and regulates the bodies responses to information
not physical

Answer 9

midbrain

Question 10

Physical, plays part in sleeping and dreaming

Answer 10

pons

Question 11

Physical, helps in breathing, swallowing, blood pres

Answer 11

medulla oblongata

Question 12

Controls the four f’s (fighting, fleeing, feeding, and fucking)

Answer 12

hypothalamus

Question 13

When more damage effects at the opp. end of impact

Answer 13

contra coup

Question 14

• left hemisphere

* brain damage that effects speech

Answer 14

aphasia

Question 15

Inability to communicate word’s correctly

Ex: blabber

Answer 15

broca’s aphasia

Question 16

• located in frontal lobe

* plays role in control of speech

Answer 16

broca’s area

Question 17

• located in temporal lobe

* deals w comprehension, speech input

Answer 17

wernicke’s area

Question 18

Sound as if speaking fluently but doesn’t make any sense

Answer 18

wernicke’s aphasia

Question 19

• plays role in action of muscles, learning, memory and how quick brain cells function
• causes muscles to contract
• may cause Alzheimer’s Bc deficiency

Answer 19

acetylcholine

Question 20

• plays a part in movement, attention and learning
• Parkinson’s disease=low
• Schizophrenia= high

Answer 20

dopamine

Question 21

• interferes w acetylcholine

* makes you sleepy

Answer 21

diphenhydramine

Question 22

• plays a part in mood, sleeping, and eating

* depression=low

Answer 22

serotonin

Question 23

Helps raise serotonin levels

Answer 23

SSRI

Question 24

• natural opiate

* helps block pain and enhance pleasure

Answer 24

endorphin

Question 25

• calms brain from firing

* low levels= anxieties, seizures

Answer 25

GABA

Question 26

Bumps on our skull that tells about a person’s personality, inspires the idea that parts of brain controls diff things

Answer 26

phrenology

Question 27

how much does the human brain weigh

Answer 27

Human brain weighs 3 lb

Question 28

nervous system Consists of brain and spinal cord

Answer 28

central nervous system

Question 29

• Connects CNS to rest of body

* consists of 2 divisions, somatic and autonomic

Answer 29

peripheral nervous system

Question 30

Sends info from brain and spinal cord to rest of body

Answer 30

somatic

Question 31

Controls internal functions i.e. Digestion, breathing, etc

Answer 31

autonomic

Question 32

Process verbal info

Answer 32

left hemisphere

Question 33

Processes nonverbal info

Answer 33

right hemisphere

Question 34

Helps Identify faces and platforms

Answer 34

fusiform gyrus

Question 35

Long, deep groove that divides the hemispheres

Answer 35

longitudinal fissure

Question 36

Deep in middle of brain, tick bend of neurons connect two hemispheres

Answer 36

corpus collosum