STRUCTURES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONS

Question 1

vision and storage of visual memories

Answer 1

occipital

Question 2

sense of touch and texture and storage of tactile memories

Answer 2

parietal

Question 3

hearing and smell
language
storage and odor memories

Answer 3

temporal

Question 4

voluntary muscle control and storage of spatial memories

Answer 4

frontal

Question 5

judgement and prediction of consequences of a person’s actions
abstract intellectual function

Answer 5

prefrontal

Question 6

basic emotions

basic reflexes, like chewing and swallowing

Answer 6

limbic system

Question 7

relay center that prioritizes signals to hone in on important messages

Answer 7

diencephalon (thalamus)

Question 8

emotions
temperature control
interface with endocrine system

Answer 8

diencephalon (hypothalamus)

Question 9

level of conciousness
reticular activating system
muscle tone and posture

Answer 9

midbrain

Question 10

respiratory pattern and depth

Answer 10

pons

Question 11

pulse rate
blood pressure
respiratory rate

Answer 11

medulla oblongata

Question 12

reflexes

relay information to and from body

Answer 12

spinal cord

Question 13

special peripheral nerves that connect directly from the brain to body parts to relay information from the brain

Answer 13

cranial nerves

Question 14

brain to spinal cord to body part

receive stimulus from body, send commands to body

Answer 14

peripheral nerves