The Brain

Question 1

Frontal Lobe

Answer 1

Front part of brain

Question 2

Parietal Lobe

Answer 2

Middle section of brain

Question 3

Occipital Lobe

Answer 3

Back section of brain

Question 4

Temporal Lobe

Answer 4

Side sections of brain (1 on each side)

Question 5

Central Sulcus

Answer 5

Separation between frontal and parietal lobes

Question 6

What is another name for the Postcentral Gyrus and what does it do?

Answer 6

Primary Somatosensory Cortex; receives sensory information such as temperature, touch, pressure, pain

Question 7

Where is the Cerebellum located and what does it do?

Answer 7

It is under the occipital lobes at the back of the brain; responsible for coordinating movement and managing balance and posture

Question 8

Where is the spinal cord located?

Answer 8

Comes out of the brain below the cerebellum

Question 9

Lateral Fissure

Answer 9

Separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the temporal lobe

Question 10

What is another name for the precentral gyrus and what does it do?

Answer 10

Primary motor cortex; controls voluntary movements

Question 11

Superior Frontal Sulcus

Answer 11

Separates the middle frontal gyrus from superior frontal gyrus

Question 12

What is the gyrus?

Answer 12

The surface of the brain (cerebrum) folded into ridges

Question 13

What is the sulcus?

Answer 13

The grooves separating the gyrus

Question 14

Middle Frontal Gyrus

Answer 14

Involved in storage of spacial information

Question 15

Superior Frontal Gyrus

Answer 15

Involved in self-awareness or brain’s working memory

Question 16

Parieto-occipital Sulcus

Answer 16

Divides the occipital from the parietal lobe

Question 17

What and where are the Occipital pole and the frontal pole?

Answer 17

The frontal pole is the most anterior point of the brain and the occipital pull is the most posterior point of the brain.

Question 18

Longitudinal Fissure

Answer 18

Divides the two cerebral hemispheres

Question 19

Lateral Sulcus

Answer 19

A deep cleft dividing frontal and parietal lobes from temporal lobe

Question 20

Medulla Oblongata

Answer 20

The lowest part of the brain stem; continues down to form the spinal cord; contains centers that control breathing, heart rate, blood pressure

Question 21

Where is the Medulla Oblongata and what does it control?

Answer 21

It is the lowest part of the brain stem that continues down to form spinal cord; it controls breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure

Question 22

Superior Temporal Gyrus

Answer 22

Includes primary auditory cortex where sensory information related to hearing is received

Question 23

Pons

Answer 23

Part of the brain stem between the midbrain and medulla

Question 24

Optic Nerve

Answer 24

Second cranial nerve carrying nerve fibers from retina to optic chiasma