Parts of the brain

Question 1

forebrain

Answer 1

cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system, thalamus, hypothalamus

Question 2

midbrain

Answer 2

colliculi

Question 3

hindbrain

Answer 3

cerebellum, medulla oblongata, reticular formation, pons

Question 4

cerebral cortex

Answer 4

complex perceptual, cognitive, and behavioral processes

Question 5

basal ganglia

Answer 5

movement

Question 6

limbic system

Answer 6

emotion and memory

Question 7

thalamus

Answer 7

sensory relay center

Question 8

hypothalamus

Answer 8

hunger and thirst, emotion

Question 9

inferior colliculi

Answer 9

auditory reflexes

Question 10

cerebellum

Answer 10

refined motor movements

Question 11

medulla oblongata

Answer 11

heart, vital reflexes

Question 12

reticular formation

Answer 12

arousal and alertness

Question 13

pons

Answer 13

communication within the brain, breathing

Question 14

superior colliculi

Answer 14

visual reflexes

Question 15

EEG

Answer 15

electroencephalogram, electrodes on scalp to measure electrical activity

Question 16

rCBF

Answer 16

regional cerebral blood flow, increased blood flow to areas at work

Question 17

CT/CAT

Answer 17

computed tomography, multiple x rays processed together to form 3D image

Question 18

PET

Answer 18

positron emission tomography, radioactive sugar injected and uptake monitored

Question 19

MRI

Answer 19

magnetic resonance imaging, map H dense regions of the body

Question 20

fMRI

Answer 20

functional magnetic resonance imaging, map areas of increased blood flow

Question 21

lateral hypothalamus

Answer 21

hunger center

Question 22

ventromedial hypothalamus

Answer 22

satiety center

Question 23

interior hypothalamus

Answer 23

sexual center

Question 24

posterior pituitary

Answer 24

ADH and oxytocin release

Question 25

pineal gland

Answer 25

melatonin release, circadian rhythms

Question 26

amygdala

Answer 26

defensive and aggressive behavior

Question 27

hippocampus

Answer 27

memory and learning

Question 28

septal nuclei

Answer 28

pleasure center

Question 29

anterior cingulate gyrus

Answer 29

higher order connive processes via connection to frontal and parietal lobes

Question 30

frontal lobe

Answer 30

prefrontal cortex and motor cortex and Broca's area

Question 31

prefrontal cortex

Answer 31

executive function and attention, association area

Question 32

motor cortex

Answer 32

precentral gyrus, commotion, projection area

Question 33

parietal lobe

Answer 33

somatosensory cortex, orientation and spatial processing

Question 34

occipital lobe

Answer 34

visual/striate cortex

Question 35

temporal lobe

Answer 35

auditory cortex, wernicke's area

Question 36

Dominant hemisphere

Answer 36

letters, words, language, speech, reading writing, arithmetic, complex motion

Question 37

non dominant

Answer 37

direction, geometry, faces, music, emotions

Question 38

nucleus accumbens

Answer 38

motivation

Question 39

feature detectors

Answer 39

serial processing where increasingly complex aspects of stimulus are serially processed Bottom up processing

Question 40

Parallel processing

Answer 40

use of multiple pathways to convey information about the same stimulus. (ex: Doral/Where? and ventral/What?)