Three main areas of the brain

Question 1

What is the cerebrum?

Answer 1

Topmost layer of brain over the limbic system

Question 2

What is the cerebrum also known as?

Answer 2

bulbous cap

Question 3

What is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 3

Thin gray-matter covering of cerebrum

Question 4

What covers the cerebrum?

Answer 4

Cerebral cortex

Question 5

What does the cerebral cortex carry on?

Answer 5

thinking and perceiving

Question 6

What are the cerebral hemispheres?

Answer 6

2 walnut shapes halves of cerebrum

Question 7

What are the cerebral hemispheres connected by?

Answer 7

Corpus callosum

Question 8

What is the limbic system associated with?

Answer 8

emotions and memories

Question 9

What is the limbic system dense w/?

Answer 9

dopamine pathways

Question 10

What does the hypothalamus lay below?

Answer 10

thalamus

Question 11

What does the hypothalamus direct?

Answer 11

maintenance activities like hunger, thirst, temperature, and endocrine system

Question 12

What is the amygdala linked to?

Answer 12

emotions like aggression and fear

Question 13

What did the Rhesus Monkeys help to figure out?

Answer 13

Discovered function of amygdala using most aggressive species of monkeys

Question 14

What is the hippocampus linked to?

Answer 14

Long-term memories

Question 15

Are memories stored or made in the hippocampus?

Answer 15

Made here

Question 16

What is the brainstem?

Answer 16

oldest part and central core of brain

Question 17

Where is the brainstem?

Answer 17

beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the brain

Question 18

What is the brainstem responsible for?

Answer 18

automatic survival functions

Question 19

What is the thalamus?

Answer 19

Brain’s sensory switchboard

Question 20

What was the H.M. case about?

Answer 20

H.M. had his hippocampus removed and never had seizures again, but never had long-term memory. So, everyday he would wake up thinking he was getting his hippocampus removed

Question 21

What is the amygdala attached to?

Answer 21

hippocampus

Question 22

What are the three main areas of the brain?

Answer 22

Brainstem, limbic system, and cerebral cortex

Question 23

Where is the thalamus located?

Answer 23

top of the brainstem

Question 24

What does the thalamus direct?

Answer 24

all sensory messages except smell

Question 25

What does the pons connect?

Answer 25

different brain regions together, specifically, the brainstem to cerebellum

Question 26

What is the pons involved in?

Answer 26

Sleeping, dreaming, and facial expressions

Question 27

Where is the pons located?

Answer 27

in the brainstem, between thalamus and medulla

Question 28

Where is the cerebellum located?

Answer 28

Behind the brainstem

Question 29

What does the cerebellum do?

Answer 29

Coordinate voluntary movement and balance

Question 30

Where is the medulla located?

Answer 30

Base of the brainstem, below pons

Question 31

What does the medulla control?

Answer 31

Heart beat and breathing

Question 32

What is the reticular formation?

Answer 32

nerve network

Question 33

What does the reticular formation do to you?

Answer 33

wakes you up

Question 34

What does the reticular formation play an important role in

Answer 34

controlling arousal

Question 35

Where is the reticular formation located?

Answer 35

upper part of pons

Question 36

What does the cerebrum enable?

Answer 36

reasoning, planning, creating, and problem solving

Question 37

Where is the cerebrum located in the brain?

Answer 37

forebrain

Question 38

Where is the limbic system located in the brain?

Answer 38

forebrain

Question 39

Where is the brainstem and cerebellum located in the brain?

Answer 39

hindbrain

Question 40

What does the limbic system add?

Answer 40

emotions, complex motives, and increased memory activity

Question 41

What does the brainstem and cerebellum drive?

Answer 41

vital functions