The Brain Parts

Question 1

Primary Motor Cortex

Answer 1

Structure responsible for conscious movements.

Question 2

Amygdala

Answer 2

Structure responsible for emotion.

Question 3

Temporal Lobe

Answer 3

Structure responsible for hearing.

Question 4

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 4

Structure that allows you to understand/comprehend language.

Question 5

Reticular Formation

Answer 5

Midbrain structure that controls sleep arousal.

Question 6

Medulla

Answer 6

If damaged, certain death. Controls involuntary survival functions.

Question 7

Occipital Lobe

Answer 7

Structure responsible for vision.

Question 8

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 8

Structure that allows you to feel touch.

Question 9

Hippocampus

Answer 9

Structure responsible for memory.

Question 10

Cerebellum

Answer 10

Structure responsible for balance, procedural memories, and one motor coordination.

Question 11

Broca’s Area

Answer 11

Structure that allows you to move your mouth to speak.

Question 12

Parietal Lobe

Answer 12

Structure that allows you to mentally rotate objects and do math.

Question 13

Hypothalamus

Answer 13

Structure that regulates body temperature, thirst, hunger, and sexual motivation.

Question 14

Corpus Callosum

Answer 14

Structure that connects the two halves of the brain.

Question 15

Frontal Lobe

Answer 15

Structure that allows for planning, emotional restraint and other executive processing abilities.

Question 16

Thalamus

Answer 16

Structure that relays sensory information to the proper cortex if the brain.

Question 17

Pons

Answer 17

Structure in the hindbrain responsible for sleep and arousal.