Parts of the Brain

Question 1

sends signals to our body controlling muscle movements.

Answer 1

motor cortex

Question 2

responsible for controlling muscles that produce speech.

Answer 2

broca’s area

Question 3

Interprets the sensation of TOUCH

Answer 3

parietal lobes

Question 4

(input) receives & interprets information from skin surface and sense organs

Answer 4

sensory cortex

Question 5

●Located at back of the head

●Deals with vision.

Answer 5

occipital lobes

Question 6

●interprets messages from our eyes into images we can understand.
●Receive visual information from opposite visual field. part of occipital lobes

Answer 6

visual cortex

Question 7

●Located side of your head

●Process sound sensed by our ears. Opposite side process opposite ear.

Answer 7

temporal lobes

Question 8

interprets written and spoken speech.

Answer 8

wernike’s area

Question 9

●Involved in the processing and storage of memories.
●Mostly Long-term Memories
●Connected to sensory process parts of the Forebrain
●Damage can result in loss of memories.
●Think 50 first Dates!

Answer 9

hippocampus

Question 10

●consists of two almond-shaped neural clusters
●Linked to the emotions of fear and anger.
●Thermostat for states of anxiety.
●If the thermostat is set to high it will take over your thinking
●Involved in how we process memory
•Good or Bad Memories

Answer 10

amygdala

Question 11

• lies below (hypo) the thalamus.
• “Pleasure Center”
• It directs several maintenance activities like eating, drinking, body temperature, and control of emotions.
• It helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland.

Answer 11

hypothalamus

Question 12

●Located just behind forehead
●Involved in speaking, muscle movements, judgment, plans, & personality
●Damage directly to the to this can affect one’s ability to make judgments, reason, morals, to speak, & can change one’s personality

Answer 12

frontal lobe