Problem 1 Flashcards
What are the 4 lobes of the brain?
Frontal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
What is the Frontal Lobe responsible for?
Personality
Self- Control
Logic
Emotions
What is the Parietal Lobe responsible for?
Bodily sensations
Visual perceptions
Spatial perception

What is the occipital lobe responsible for?
Vision

What is the temporal lobe responsible for?
Hearing
Speech
Learning languages

What is the cerebellum responsible for?
Balance, posture and movement
What is the hypothalamus responsible for?
Body temperature
Sleep cycles
Thirst
Hunger
What is the pituitary gland responsible for?
Hormone released into the bloodstream
In charge of organs that release hormones

What are the two parts of the brain stem?
Pons and Medulla oblongata
What is the most important function of the pons?
Regulate breathing
What is the most important function of the medulla oblongata?
Regulates cardiac function such as blood pressure and heart rate
How is the brain connected to the body?
Spinal cord
What does the brain do?
Receives input from sensory organs and sends outputs to our muscles organs and rest of the body.
Which part of the brain is responsible for your balance?
Cerebellum
Which structure helps communication between the hemispheres of the cerebrum?
Corpus callousum
Which is the smallest structure of the brain?
Pituitary gland
What is responsible to send information to the center nervous system?
Sensory neurons
What are the three types of neurons?
Sensory neurons
Intermediate neurons
Motor neurons
What do sensory neurons do?
Carries signals from receptors to the spinal cord and brain
What do intermediate or relay neurons do?
Carry messages from one part of the central nervous system to another
What do motor neurons do?
Carry signals from the central nervous system to effectors
What are the three parts of the neuron?
Dendrons and dendrites
A cell body with a nucleus
Axons
What are the two main types of the nervous system?
Central nervous system
Peripheral nervous system
What is the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord
Main control center
