Brain updated

Question 1

largest area of the brain where all info is sorted and
interpreted

Answer 1

Cerebrum

Question 2

• sensory relay centre (ex. auditory, visual , touch, pain)

Answer 2

thalamus

Question 3

produces releasing hormones controlling secretions of
pituitary

Answer 3

hypothalamus

Question 4

• sends outgoing (efferent) thru autonomic NS

Answer 4

hypothalamus

Question 5

• receives info from internal organs (afferent)

Answer 5

hypothalamus

Question 6

• direct contact to hormonal systems via pituitary

Answer 6

hypothalamus

Question 7

• receives signals from spinal cord

Answer 7

medulla oblongata

Question 8

• has reflex centres involved in head movement

Answer 8

pons

Question 9

• bridge-like structure containing bundles of axons
  travelling between the cerebellum & rest of CNS

Answer 9

pons

Question 10

• functions with the medulla ob. to regulate breathing rate

Answer 10

pons

Question 11

• has reflex centres involved in head movement

Answer 11

pons

Question 12

issues efferent message or sends to cerebrum for
further processing

Answer 12

medulla oblongata

Question 13

• relays info from ear

Answer 13

midbrain

Question 14

• also involved in reflexes of irises & eyelids

Answer 14

midbrain

Question 15

• 2nd largest area of the brain involved in coordination & balance

Answer 15

cerebellum

Question 16

as physical tasks are mastered, many of those pathways are taken
over by … & no longer need conscious control
ex. walking, running, skating

Answer 16

cerebellum

Question 17

What part of the brain is responsible for speech, reading, writing, math

Answer 17

left

Question 18

What part of the brain is responsible for visual spatial, music, recognition of
patterns, intuition

Answer 18

right

Question 19

The left and right hemipshere connected by a nerve tract called the

Answer 19

corpus collasum

Question 20

Where is parietal lobe located

Answer 20

top

Question 21

what lobe is - associated with taste

Answer 21

parietal

Question 22

What lobe receives sensory info from skin & skeletal

Answer 22

parietal

Question 23

What lobe is responsible for vision

Answer 23

occipital

Question 24

What is temporal responsible fo r

Answer 24

• hearing (auditory) & sensory speech

Question 25

Where is temporal lobe located

Answer 25

bottom

Question 26

What is frontal lobe responsible for

Answer 26

- associative (higher intelligence)