🟣The Brain

Question 1

Cerebral cortex

Answer 1

Consciousness 
Language 
Behaviour 
Memory 
Intelligence

Question 2

Hypothalamus

Answer 2

Regulation of body temperature

Question 3

Pituitary gland

Answer 3

Master gland

Hormone production / secretion

Question 4

Cerebellum

Answer 4

Balance

Control + coordination of muscles

Question 5

Medulla

Answer 5

Unconscious activities

Breathing

Question 6

MRI

Answer 6

Use of magnetic field to see what part of the brain is stimulated by a certain action / damaged

Question 7

Electrical stimulation

Answer 7

Remove part of skull + electrically stimulate parts of the brain
Must be done while conscious

Question 8

Difficulties of studying the brain

Answer 8

So complex - we don’t fully understand it
If we fix something do we damage something else?
Skull surrounds it - very hard bone
Tissue surrounding brain -fragile

Question 9

Brain function + what is it

Answer 9

Controls complex behaviour
Organ made up of billions of interconnected neurones
Has different regions that have different functions