Question | Answer |
Meninges | The protective layered membranes of the brain |
Cerebral Hemispheres | The brain is composed of left and right hemispheres and
left is + emotions and right - emotions |
Name the 4 lobes of the brain and what they do | Occipital- vision/
temporal- hearing, visual memory and language processing/
parietal- spatial location, attention and motor control/
Frontal- planning, memory search, motor control and reasoning |
somatosensory strip | The gyrus,located behing the sulcus that registers sensation on the body and is organized by body parts |
Thalamus | crucial role in attention, the switch center which directs signals to other parts of the brain |
Hypothalamus | primary function eating and drinking/
secondary function fight, flight, feeding and fornication |
Hypocampus | Plays crucial role in allowing new information to be stored in the brains memory banks. It ties together sights, sounds and meanings of memories |
Amygdala | Plays special role in fear and other forms of emotions |
Basal Ganglia | responsible for planning and producing movement |
Limbic System | Part of the brain located inside the cerebrum (amygdala, hippocampus, fornix/ functions are controls eating,aggression,reproduction,learning,memory,pleasure and self preservation |
Brain Stem | Reticular Formation, Hindbrain,cerebellum,medulla and pons |
Reticular formation | two parts: ascending part has a role of keeping the person awake, the descending is important in the autonomic nervous system reactions |
Hindbrain | the lowest part of the brain located at the rear base of skull |
Cerebellum | large structure at the base of the brain that is concerned with physical coordination, estimating time, and paying attention, short term memory, impulse control, emotion and higher emotion |
Medulla | Plays a central role in automatic control of breathing, swallowing, and blood circulation |
Pons | a bridge between the brainstem and the cerebellum and plays a role in sleeping and control of facial muscles. Also balance and other parasympathetic functions. |