The Amazing Brain

Question 1

What are the main structures of the hind brain?

Answer 1

Pons, Medulla, Cerebellum

Question 2

What is the function of the Pons?

Answer 2

It is responsible for regulating sleep cycles and helps control breathing and muscle movements ( small bundle of nerves)

Question 3

What is the function of the medulla?

Answer 3

It is vital for bodily functions.
It is an extension of the spinal cord but is still the brain. It involves heart rate, breathing , vomiting etc. If you injure this it could be fatal.

Question 4

What is the function of the cerebellum

Answer 4

Responsible for muscle movement , balance, posture. Also involved with memory and learning

Question 5

What is the main structure of the mid brain?

Answer 5

Reticular formation

Question 6

What is the function of the reticular formation?

Answer 6

It is the central part of the brain and contains neutron pathways. It connects the upper and lower of the brain. Roles in states of consciousness like alertness and sleep

Question 7

What is the main structure of the fore brain

Answer 7

Hypothalamus, thalamus, cerebrum

Question 8

What is the fore brain?

Answer 8

The fore brain is the largest part of the brain and the most developed. It involves higher order thinking such as problem solving,memory,language,emotion and body movements.

Question 9

What is the Hypothalamus?

Answer 9

Regulates internal body environment. It is about the size of a pea and releases hormones that are involved with thirst and hunger.

Question 10

What is the main function of the thalamus?

Answer 10

It sits in the middle of the brain ans all the incoming information (not smell) is received by the thalamus. The thalamus will direct info to the brain

Question 11

What is the cerebrum?

Answer 11

Largest part of the brain, 2/3rd of the mass. It is composed of the 2 hemispheres the right and left.

Question 12

What structure joins the left and right hemisphere?

Answer 12

Corpus Callosum

Question 13

The amygdala(structure in the brain) main function is

Answer 13

associated with emotions such as fear and anger

Question 14

the hippocampus (SOB) main function is

Answer 14

responsible got making new memories and also helps with directions

Question 15

What is the Pineal Gland(SOB)main function

Answer 15

Controls internal body clocks and regulates sleep cycle and releases sleep hormones

Question 16

What are the characteristics of the left hemisphere of the brain.(strategic/logical)

Answer 16

• Receive and process sensations from the right side of the body
  -controls voluntary movements on right side of body
  -verbal tasks
  -comprehension(reading righting)
  -analysis(math)
  logical reasoning

Question 17

What are the characteristics of the right hemisphere (creative)

Answer 17

-Receive and process sensations from the left side of the body
-controls voluntary movements on the left side of the body
-non-verbal tasks and processing of the `whole’ rather than bits
- special and visual thinking
creativity/fantasy/art/music
recognizing of emotions

Question 18

What is the main function of the frontal lobe?

Answer 18

Involved with advanced mental abilities e.g reasoning,planning, problem sloving, symbolic thinking.
Also helps to initiate voluntary body movements.

Question 19

What is the function of the parietal lobe?

Answer 19

It receives and processes bodily information
About touch, temperature,muscle movement

Question 20

What is the function of the occipital lobe

Answer 20

devoted to the sense of vision. Damage to this can lead to vision impairments

Question 21

What is the temporal lobe

Answer 21

Involved with auditory perception. Important in memory aspects of visual perception and recognition.