Parts of the brain

Question 1

Meninges

Answer 1

Function: protect brain and spinal cord
Location: outside of brain and spinal cord

Question 2

Ventricular system

Answer 2

Function: provide blood to brain, get rid of waste
Location: middle of the brain

Question 3

Corpus callosum

Answer 3

Function: connect brain hemispheres
Location: middle of the brain

Question 4

Frontal lobe

Answer 4

Function: voluntary movement, language, higher level executive functions
Location: front of the brain

Question 5

Parietal lobe

Answer 5

Function: processing sensory input
Location: top of the brain in the middle

Question 6

Temporal lobe

Answer 6

Function: processing auditory information and encoding memory
Location: bottom middle

Question 7

Occipital lobe

Answer 7

Function: processing visual input
Location: back

Question 8

Longitudinal fissure

Answer 8

Function: separates the two hemispheres of the brain
Location: directly down the middle of the brain

Question 9

Sylvian fissure

Answer 9

Function:
Location: above temporal lobe, below frontal lobe and parietal lobe

Question 10

Calcarine fissure

Answer 10

Function: divides visual cortex in 2
Location: occipital lobe

Question 11

Central sulcus

Answer 11

Function: connects frontal and parietal lobes
Location: between frontal and parietal lobes

Question 12

Precentral gyrus

Answer 12

Function: voluntary movement
Location: between the precentral and central sulci

Question 13

Post central gyrus

Answer 13

Function: primary somatosensory cortex
Location: behind precentral gyrus

Question 14

Thalamus

Answer 14

Function: processes all input except olfactory input
Location: just above the brainstem between cerebral cortex and midbrain

Question 15

Lateral geniculate nucleus

Answer 15

Function: retina pathway
Location: thalamus

Question 16

Medial geniculate nucleus

Answer 16

Function: auditory pathway
Location: thalamus

Question 17

Hypothalamus

Answer 17

Function: maintains homeostasis
Location: directly below thalamus

Question 18

Reticular formation

Answer 18

Function: behavioral arousal, sleep/wake cycle
Location: between pons/medulla and spinal cord

Question 19

Pons

Answer 19

Function: unconscious motor function
Location: connecting brain to brainstem

Question 20

Medulla

Answer 20

Function: crossing over point for motor tracts and breathing
Location: below pons

Question 21

Cerebellum

Answer 21

Function: coordination, balance, and movement
Location: Next to pons

Question 22

Tectum

Answer 22

Function: produces orienting movements
Location: roof of midbrain

Question 23

Tegmentum

Answer 23

Function: pain perception and eye and limb movements
Location: floor of midbrain

Question 24

Superior colliculus

Answer 24

Function: recieves visual input
Location: tectum

Question 25

Inferior colliculus

Answer 25

Function: recieves auditory input
Location: tectum

Question 26

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Answer 26

Function: Executive function, attention, memory
Location: top of prefrontal cortex

Question 27

Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

Answer 27

Function: attention, memory, language
Location: middle of prefrontal cortex

Question 28

Orbitofrontal cortex

Answer 28

Function: decision making, emotion, reward
Location: bottom of prefrontal cortex

Question 29

Broca’s area

Answer 29

Function: ability to speak words
Location:on top of sylvian fissure in the left hemisphere of the frontal lobe

Question 30

Primary motor cortex

Answer 30

Function: simple movements
Location:at the top of the brain where the frontal lobe meets the parietal lobe

Question 31

Premotor cortex

Answer 31

Function: sensory guided movements
Location: behind primary motor cortex below supplementary

Question 32

Supplementary motor cortex

Answer 32

Function: complex movements
Location: behind primary motor cortex above premotor cortex

Question 33

Somatosensory cortex

Answer 33

Function: Inputs from peripheral nerves
Anterolateral system is pain and temperature while the dorso column is touch
Location: behind motor cortex

Question 34

Primary visual cortex

Answer 34

Function: Most is taken up by occipital lobe, processes visual information
Location: posterior occipital lobe

Question 35

Wernicke’s area

Answer 35

Function: understanding language
Location: left temporal lobe

Question 36

Auditory cortex

Answer 36

Function: processes auditory information
Location: temporal lobe

Question 37

Olfactory bulb

Answer 37

Function: sense of smell
Location: bottom of brain

Question 38

Olfactory tract

Answer 38

Function: connects olfactory bulb to cerebral cortex
Location: connected to olfactory bulb

Question 39

Optic chiasm

Answer 39

Function: allows for the crossing optic nerves
Location: base of brain, inferior to the hypothalamus

Question 40

Cingulate gyrus

Answer 40

Function: helps regulate emotions and pain
Location: Above the corpus callosum

Question 41

Parahippocampal gyrus

Answer 41

Function: plays a role in spatial memory
Location: surrounds hippocampus

Question 42

Hippocampus

Answer 42

Function: learning and memory
Location: temporal lobe behind the amygdala

Question 43

Amygdala

Answer 43

Function: emotion
Location: medial temporal lobe in front of the hippocampus

Question 44

Caudate

Answer 44

Function: execution of movement, learning, memory, reward, motivation, emotion
Location: near the thalamus

Question 45

Putamen

Answer 45

Function: learning and motor control
Location: directly outside of the globus pallidus

Question 46

Globus pallidus

Answer 46

Function: controls conscious and proprioceptive movements
Location: directly outside of the thalamus

Question 47

Internal capsule

Answer 47

Function: supports cognitive and perceptual motor systems in the cortex
Location: lateral to the thalamus and caudate nucleus

Question 48

Substantia nigra

Answer 48

Function: produces dopamine
Location: midbrain