The Brain and Nervous System

Question 1

Brain Stem

Answer 1

located at the top of the spine and bottom of the brain (in charge of basic life support functions)

Question 2

Limbic System

Answer 2

sits at the top of the brain stem, regulates our emotions

Question 3

Cerebellum

Answer 3

sits at the back of the brain, involved with movement and posture

Question 4

Cerebrum

Answer 4

responsible for the 5 senses, manages all thoughts, has 2 hemispheres

Question 5

Corpus Callosum

Answer 5

thick bundle of axons connecting the 2 hemispheres

Question 6

Occipital Lobe

Answer 6

located at the back of the cerebral cortex, involved in vision

Question 7

Temporal Lobe

Answer 7

located on the underside of the cerebral cortex, where sounds and smells, memory, and language comprehension are processed

Question 8

Parietal Lobe

Answer 8

located at the upper back of the cerebral cortex, where touch, taste, and pain are processed

Question 9

Frontal Lobe

Answer 9

located at the forward part of the cerebral cortex, where behavioral motor plans, speech, language, creative problem solving, planning, and organization are processed

Question 10

Primary Motor Cortex

Answer 10

in charge of voluntary movements

Question 11

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 11

a network of nerves that travel to each part of the body that carries the signals necessary for the body to survive

Question 12

PET

Answer 12

records metabolic activity in the brain by injecting a radioactive substance into the bloodstream

Question 13

fMRI

Answer 13

measures changes in the levels of naturally occurring oxygen in the blood

Question 14

EEG

Answer 14

measure electrical brain activity instead of blood flow

Question 15

Major Areas of the Brain Are:

Answer 15

Brain Stem, Limbic System, and Cerebral Cortex

Question 16

Amygdala

Answer 16

(limbic sustem) emotion, fear, anger

Question 17

Hypothalamus

Answer 17

(limbic system) regulates body temp and hunger

Question 18

Hippocampus

Answer 18

(limbic system) memory

Question 19

Thalamus

Answer 19

(limbic system) relays sensory info to the cortices where they are processed

Question 20

Left Side of Brain

Answer 20

speech, language, analysis, calculations, time

Question 21

Right Side of Brain

Answer 21

creativity, spatial ability, context, perception, recognition of faces, places, objects

Question 22

Hearing Process

Answer 22

auditory hair cells- cochlear nerve- thalamus- auditory cortex

Question 23

How does smell happen?

Answer 23

Through the inhalation of odor molecules

Question 24

How does Taste happen?

Answer 24

through chemicals from food/drink being released into the mouth