parts of the brain

Question 1

pons

Answer 1

bridge between medulla and other parts of the brain

allows sleeping and dreaming

Question 2

reticular formation

Answer 2

made of nuclei: clusters of neurons

regulates sleep and waking up

Question 3

cerebellum

Answer 3

allows motor control

Question 4

medulla

Answer 4

controls reflexes like breathing, heart rate

essential for life! damage = death

Question 5

substantia niagra

Answer 5

produces dopamine

allows fluid movements and starting/stopping

Question 6

basal ganglia

Answer 6

allows voluntary control in learned tasks

Question 7

pituitary control

Answer 7

controls growth, stress, etc. through hormones

Question 8

amygdala

Answer 8

controls fear and related behaviours

Question 9

hippocampus

Answer 9

retains short-term memory until it’s stored elsewhere

Question 10

thalamus

Answer 10

integrates information that allows us to associate things

relays visual and auditory information to the cortex

Question 11

hypothalamus

Answer 11

regulates motivation and basic needs through endocrine system

Question 12

cerebral cortex

Answer 12

controls complex functions like thought and language

Question 13

sensory cortex

Answer 13

info from sensory nerves

Question 14

motor cortex

Answer 14

info from motor nerves

Question 15

association cortex

Answer 15

involved in higher levels of thinking

Question 16

frontal lobe

Answer 16

intellectual thinking and relationships

voluntary movement controlled by primary motor strip

Question 17

occipital lobe

Answer 17

for vision, located on back of the head

Question 18

parietal lobe

Answer 18

top of the brain somatosensory strip that allows sensation

allows spatial awareness and hand-eye coordination

Question 19

pre-frontal lobe

Answer 19

allows planning, morality, and short-term memory

Question 20

temporal lobe

Answer 20

allows auditory processing and complex visual processing like facial recognition

contains wernicke’s area and broca’s area for language understanding and speech respectively

Question 21

glia

Answer 21

cells that make up nervous system other than neurons

Question 22

astrocytes

Answer 22

makes up blood brain barrier that heals and allows brain communication

Question 23

microglia

Answer 23

removes dead cells to prevent infections

Question 24

oligodendroglia

Answer 24

provides myelin that insulates neurons and speeds up neural transmissions