The Brain

Question 1

Spinal Cord

Answer 1

Part of the CNS (interneurons)

Question 2

Medulla

Answer 2

Controls heartbeat & breathing (life support functions)

Question 3

Reticular formation

Answer 3

Controls arousal (nerve network) RAS

Question 4

Pons

Answer 4

Regulates states of wakefulness & sleep

Question 5

Thalamus

Answer 5

Sensory switchboard (except smell)

Question 6

Cerebellum

Answer 6

Controls motor function (muscle memory) “Little Brain”

Question 7

Hypothalamus

Answer 7

Regulates body functions (eating, drinking, body temperature) HPA Axis

Question 8

Hippocampus

Answer 8

Memory (processes new memories for permanent storage)

Question 9

Amygdala

Answer 9

Emotions (fear & anger)

Question 10

Frontal lobes

Answer 10

Planning and judgement

Question 11

Motor cortex

Answer 11

Controls voluntary movement

Question 12

Sensory cortex

Answer 12

Registers and processes body sensations

Question 13

Occipital lobes

Answer 13

Visual processing area

Question 14

Temporal lobes

Answer 14

Auditory processing area

Question 15

Broca’s area

Answer 15

Expressive language (speech muscles)

Question 16

Wernicke’s area

Answer 16

Receptive language (interpret auditory information)

Question 17

Angular gyrus

Answer 17

Comprehension of language (auditory stimuli and memory retrieval)

Question 18

Somatosensory cortex

Answer 18

Sensory information from the body, such as touch, temperature, pain, and pressure:

Question 19

Phineas Gage

Answer 19

The relation between personality and the function of the front parts of the brain

Question 20

Cerebral cortex

Answer 20

The body’s ultimate control and information processing center

Question 21

Phrenology

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The study of the conformation and especially the contours of the skull based on the former belief that they are indicative of mental faculties and character

Question 22

Parietal lobe

Answer 22

Processing information (includes mathematical reasoning and integration of memory)

Question 23

Localization

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The theory that specific parts of the brain are responsible for specific functions or behaviors

Question 24

Lateralization

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the process by which different regions of the brain become specialized to perform specific functions

Question 25

Franz Gall

Answer 25

developed the theory of Organology and the method of Cranioscopy that would later be known as Phrenology

Question 26

Split Brain operation

Answer 26

a surgical procedure that severs the corpus callosum, the band of nerve fibers that connects the two halves of the brain