The Brain & Limbic System

Question 1

The “little brain” that’s attached to the rear of the brainstem

Answer 1

Cerebellum

Question 2

Helps coordinate voluntary motor movements, posture, and balance

Answer 2

Cerebellum

Question 3

Experimented with rats in enriched and impoverished environments

Answer 3

Rosenweig

Question 4

Stimulates infants’ cerebellums

Answer 4

Rocking

Question 5

What equals a larger brain and increased blood supply

Answer 5

More stimulation

Question 6

Oldest part of the brain beginning where the spinal cord swells and enters the skull

Answer 6

Brainstem

Question 7

Responsible for automatic survival functions

Answer 7

Brainstem

Question 8

“Inner Chamber” or sensory switchboard (except smell)

Answer 8

Thalamus

Question 9

Relays info between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex

Answer 9

Thalamus

Question 10

Transmits replies to the medulla and cerebellum

Answer 10

Thalamus

Question 11

Nerve network in the brainstem that controls arousal, attention to incoming stimuli

Answer 11

Reticular Formation

Question 12

Comas result here

Answer 12

Reticular Formation

Question 13

Located at the base of the brainstem and controls involuntary movements

Answer 13

Medulla

Question 14

Bulge in the brainstem between two halves of the cerebellum

Answer 14

Pons

Question 15

Serves as the bridge and relay station for hindbrain (cerebellum) and rest of the brain

Answer 15

Pons

Question 16

Controls sleep and basic arousal

Answer 16

Pons

Question 17

Doughnut-shapes system of neural structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebrum

Answer 17

Limbic System

Question 18

Associated with emotions and drives for food and sex

Answer 18

Limbic System

Question 19

Includes the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus

Answer 19

Limbic System

Question 20

Smell is routed through here

Answer 20

Limbic System

Question 21

Controls maintenance functions (The 4 Fs)

Answer 21

Hypothalamus

Question 22

Linked to emotion and reward

Answer 22

Hypothalamus

Question 23

Governs the endocrine system responsible for homeostasis

Answer 23

Hypothalamus

Question 24

Endocrine gland that regulates growth

Answer 24

Pituitary

Question 25

Consists of two almond-shaped neural clusters linked to the emotions of anger and fear

Answer 25

Amygdala

Question 26

Deals with learning and memory (including memory processing and remembering recent events)

Answer 26

Hippocampus

Question 27

The Reward Center (Olds and Milner, 1950s)

Answer 27

Hypothalamus