Parts Of The Brain

Question 0

Thalamus

Answer 0

Relay centre for incoming sensory information

Question 1

Cerebrum

Answer 1

Involved in sensing, thinking, learning, emotion, consciousness and voluntary movement.

Question 2

Amygdala

Answer 2

Lambic system structure involved in emotion and aggression.

Question 3

Hippocampus

Answer 3

Limbic system structure involved in learning and memory

Question 4

Cerebellum

Answer 4

Co-ordinates fine muscle movement, balance

Question 5

Spinal chord

Answer 5

Transmits information between brain and rest of body. Handles simple reflexes

Question 6

Reticular formation

Answer 6

Group of fibers that carries stimulation related to sleep and arousal through brain stem.

Question 7

Medulla

Answer 7

Regulates vital functions such as breathing and circulation

Question 8

Pons

Answer 8

Involved in sleep and arousal

Question 9

Pituitary gland

Answer 9

Regulates endocrine glands

Question 10

Hypothalamus

Answer 10

Regulates basic biological needs: hunger, thirst, temp control

Question 11

Corpus callousness

Answer 11

Bridge of fibers passing info between the two cerebral hemispheres

Question 12

Hindbrain

Answer 12

The lowest and most primitive level of the brain

Question 13

Midbrain

Answer 13

Contains clusters of sensory and motor neurons

Question 14

Damage to hippocampus

Answer 14

Difficulty remembering

Question 15

Damage to Broca’s

Answer 15

Can understand language but cannot properly form words or produce speech.

Question 16

Damage to Wernicke’s area

Answer 16

Wernicke’s aphasia. Have difficulty understanding spoken language but are able to produce sounds, phrases and word sequences. Not language because no info is conveyed.

Question 17

CT

Answer 17

Computerized tomography

Question 18

MRI

Answer 18

Magnetic resonance imaging

Question 19

Left hemisphere

Answer 19

Primary specialization for language

Question 20

Right hemisphere

Answer 20

Primary specialization is for spatial processing

Question 21

Hypothalamus

Answer 21

Major role in motivation and emotion. Sexual behaviors, temp regulation, sleeping, eating and drinking and aggression

Question 22

Four lobes

Answer 22

Frontal- movement
Temporal-auditory
Parietal- somatosensory
Occipital-vision

Question 23

meninges

Answer 23

Pia
Arachnoid
Dura

Question 24

Limbic System

Answer 24

• deep ancient brainstem structure
• incl. parts of thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, the amygdala
• involved in regulation of emotion me

mory and motivation

Question 25

Meninges

Answer 25

Pia
Arachnoid
Dura

Question 26

Limbic System

Answer 26

• deep ancient brain stem structures
• incl. parts of the thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala
• involved in the regulation of emotion, memory and motivation

Question 27

motor and sensory cross over effect

Answer 27

motor commands from the left side of brain-> the right side of the body

Question 28

prefrontal cortex

Answer 28

executive functions:
mental abilities that allow people to direct their behaviour in an adaptive fashion.
-goal setting, judgement, impulse control.
-damage results in inability to understand and anticipate future consequences