The Brain

Question 1

Hindbrain

Answer 1

The medulla- control of breathing, heartbeat and digestion

The pons-receive information sent from visual areas to control eye and body actions

Cerebellum-coordinate the sequence of body movement

Question 2

Midbrain

Answer 2

Reticular formation-control of arousal and in the sleep wake cycle

Question 3

Forebrain

Answer 3

Cerebrum- higher thinking

Hypothalamus-basic survival actions: sleep, regulation of body temperature, expression of emotion and the four “F’s” (feeding, fighting,fleeing and fornication

Thalamus-receives information from the ears, eyes, skin and other sensory organ.

Question 4

FPOT AND MSVA

Answer 4

Frontal lobe (abstract thought, social skills, planning)
Parietal lobe (touch, non-verbal though, spatial orientation)
Occipital lobe (vision)
Temporal lobe (hearing, language, visual recognition)

Primary
Motor cortex (movement)
Somatosensory cortex (receptors from skin)
Visual cortex (visual information from the eyes)
Auditory cortex (sound information)

Question 5

Hemispheric specialisation

Answer 5

One hemisphere has specialised functions, or that it exerts greater control over a particular function.
Examples
Right brain
Analysis by touch
Left brain 
Writing