Structure and function of the brain

Question 1

What are the five areas of the brain?

Answer 1

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Hypothalamus

Pituitary gland

Medulla oblongata

Question 2

What does the cerebrum control?

Answer 2

Controls voluntary actions, learning, memory, personality, conscious thought

Question 3

What does the cerebellum control?

Answer 3

Controls unconscious functions such as posture, balance and non-voluntary movement

Question 4

What does the medulla oblongata control?

Answer 4

Used in autonomic control, controls heart rate and breathing rate

Question 5

What does the hypothalamus control?

Answer 5

Regulatory centre for temperature and water balance

Question 6

What does the pituitary gland control?

Answer 6

Stores and releases hormones that regulate body functions

Question 7

What does the anterior pituitary gland produce?

Answer 7

FSH

Question 8

What does the posteriori pituitary gland produce?

Answer 8

Stores and releases hormones produced by the hypothalamus

ADH