Parts and Functions of the Brain

Question 1

Broca’s Area was discovered how?

Answer 1

A man was unable to talk because of a lesion in a specific area in the left side of the brain

Question 2

What two structures form the brainstem?

Answer 2

the hindbrain and midbrain

Question 3

Name the functions of:

the cerebral cortex

Answer 3

complex perceptual cognitive and behavioral processes

Question 4

Name the functions of:

Basal Ganglia

Answer 4

Movement-aid in making our movements smooth and posture steady

Question 5

Name the functions of:

the limbic system

Answer 5

Emotion and Memory

Question 6

Name the functions of:

Thalamus

Answer 6

Sensory Relay station

Question 7

Name the functions of:

The hypothalamus

Answer 7

Hunger and Thirst; emotion

Question 8

Name the functions of:

Midbrain and their nuclei

Answer 8

sensorimotor reflexes.
Associated with involuntary reflexes from visual or auditory stimuli

inferiorcolluculi (auditory) or superior colliculi (visual)

Question 9

Name the parts of the hindbrain:

Answer 9

cerebellum, medulla oblongata, reticular formation

Question 10

Name the functions of:

The cerebellum

Answer 10

refined motor movements

Maintaining posture and balance and coordinates body movements

Question 11

Name the functions of:

Medulla oblongata

Answer 11

Vital functioning (breathing, digestion, heart rate, blood pressure)

Question 12

Name the functions of:

Reticular formation

Answer 12

Arousal and altertness

Question 13

Name the functions of:

the entire hindbrain

Answer 13

controls balance, motor coordination, breathing, digestion, general arousal processes such as sleeping and waking

Question 14

Name the functions of:

The pons

Answer 14

contains sensory and motor pathways between the cortex and the medulla

Question 15

Damage to the cerebrum causes?

Answer 15

clumsiness, slurred speech, and loss of balance

Question 16

Name the parts of the forebrain:

Answer 16

Telencephalon and Diencephalon

Question 17

Name the parts of the telencephalon:

Answer 17

cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, and limbic system

Question 18

Name the parts of the diencephalon:

Answer 18

thalamus, hypothalamus, posterior pituitary and pineal gland

Question 19

Name the functions of:

Thalamus

Answer 19

Relay station for all sensory information except for smell

Receives afferent signals and transmits them to the appropriate areas

Question 20

Name the functions of:

Hypothalamus

Answer 20

Contributes to homeostasis

regulates metabolism, temperature, and water balance

Question 21

What the nuemonic for the hypothalamus?

Answer 21

Four F's:
Feeding 
Fighting
Flighting 
(sexual) functioning

Question 22

Name the functions of:

Lateral hypothalamus

Answer 22

detects when body needs more food or fluids

Question 23

Name the functions of:

the ventromedial hypothalamus

Answer 23

Signals the brain to stop eating

Question 24

Name the functions of:

the anterior hypothalamus

Answer 24

controls sexual behavior

Question 25

Name the functions of:

posterior pituitary

Answer 25

releases both ADH and oxytocin

Question 26

Name the functions of:

pineal gland

Answer 26

secretes melatonin

Question 27

What are the primary components of the limbic system?

Answer 27

septal nuclei, amygdala and hippocampus

Question 28

Name the functions of:

septal nuclei

Answer 28

contain on of the primary pleasure centers of brain

Question 29

Name the functions of:

the amygdala

Answer 29

plays role in defensive and aggressive behaviors

Question 30

Name the functions of:

hippocampus

Answer 30

consolidates information to form long-term memories and can redistribute memories to the cerebral cortex

Question 31

The frontal lobe contains:

Answer 31

the prefrontal cortex and motor cortex

also contains Broca’s area

Question 32

Name the functions of:

the parietal lobe

Answer 32

it is responsible for allowing us to orient ourselves in 3 dimensional space

Question 33

Name the functions of:

occipital lobe

Answer 33

contains the visual cortex

Question 34

Name the functions of:

Temporal lobe

Answer 34

Contains the auditory cortex and wenick’s area

Question 35

Name the functions of:

Wernick’s area

Answer 35

an area of the temporal lobe that is associated with language reception and comprehension