Brain Terms

Question 1

Temporal lobe

Answer 1

Auditory processing

Question 2

Occipital lobe

Answer 2

Visual processing

Question 3

Cerebellum

Answer 3

Maintain balance and posture (second largest)

Question 4

Frontal lobe

Answer 4

Thinking, decision-making, and motor processing

Question 5

Parietal lobe

Answer 5

Sensory processing

Question 6

Gray matter

Answer 6

Unmyleinated nervous tissue that forms the cerebral cortex

Question 7

White matter

Answer 7

Myleinated nervous tissue and deep part of the brain

Question 8

Sulci

Answer 8

Shallow grooves on the surface of the brain

Question 9

Gyri

Answer 9

Ridges or bumps on the brain surface

Question 10

Medulla oblongata

Answer 10

Regulate heartbeat, rate in depth of breathing, BP, coughing, sneezing, vomiting, and swallowing

Question 11

Cerebral cortex

Answer 11

Then layer of gray matter; outer layer of the brain; contains nearly 75% of all neuron cell bodies in the nervous system

Question 12

Thalamus

Answer 12

Receives all sensory impulses and channels them to the correct area of cortex for processing (processing & sorting)

Question 13

Diencephalon

Answer 13

Consist of the thalamus, pineal gland, and hypothalamis

Question 14

Pons

Answer 14

Controlled breathing rhythm and relays impulses to and from medulla and cerebrum

Question 15

Hypothalamus

Answer 15

Links nervous and endocrine system; produces hormones that stimulate the pituitary to secret hormones; helps control, hunger, weight, body, temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure

Question 16

Broncos area

Answer 16

Located in the frontal lobe and is in charge of verbal communication

Question 17

Werner’s area

Answer 17

Located in the temporal lobe and is in charge of comprehension of words

Question 18

Meninges

Answer 18

Three layers of connective tissue, that protect the brain

Question 19

Dura matter

Answer 19

Thick and tough layer (top)

Question 20

Arachnoid membrane

Answer 20

Thin and cobweb like (middle) tip: think spiders

Question 21

Pia matter

Answer 21

Thin layer containing lots of blood vessels (bottom)

Question 22

Cerebral spinal fluid

Answer 22

Located between the arachnoid mater in the pia matter

Question 23

CSF Functions

Answer 23

Meant to protect the brain by preventing it from contacting the skull
Maintains the blood brain barrier (homeostasis for the brain to prevent infection)

Question 24

Ventricles

Answer 24

A space within the brain where CSF is produced

Question 25

Choroid plexuses

Answer 25

Clusters of capillaries in the ventricles that secrete CSF to flow around the ventricle

Question 26

Arachnoid Granulations

Answer 26

Absorbs CSF into the blood

Question 27

Four ventricles

Answer 27

Two lateral (right and left), third and fourth

Question 28

Corpus Callosum

Answer 28

A bundle of nerve fibers that connect the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum

Question 29

Fissures

Answer 29

Deeper grooves the divide portions of the brain

Question 30

Basal nuclei

Answer 30

Islands of Gray matter

Question 31

Midbrain

Answer 31

Relays information to cerebrum Controls body movement & posture

Question 32

Spinal cord

Answer 32

Extends from medulla oblongata to lumbar vertebrae Relays information between brain & PNS