Brain Anatomy 2

Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

The corpus callosum

• Manages our understanding of speech and language

• cannot process messages sent from the left hand

• is a deep fissure in the cerebral cortex

• is a thick band of nerve fibres linking the two hemispheres of the brain

The parietal lobe controls __________.

• Vision

• Problem Solving

• Memory

• Sense of touch, pain, pressure

What functions does this lobe carry out?

• Hearing and auditory processing

• Vision and visual processing

• Processing fear

• Judgment, impulse control, planning, problem solving, and other executive functions

This lobe receives and processes visual information and then sends it to other parts of the brain for further processing and storage.

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Frontal Lobe

Which of the following is represented by the PINK section?

• Frontal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

•  Occipital Lobe

What part of the brain coordinates all movement and balance such as walking and drinking? 

• cerebellum

• temporal lobe

• brain stem

• motor cortex 

Which of these does not protect the brain?

• skull

• meninges

• cerebro-spinal fluid

• medulla oblongata

What does the medulla oblongata not control?

• breathing

• heart rate

• thinking

• blood pressure

• salivation

Which part sorts out sensory information before sending it to the cortex?

• hypothalamus

• thalamus

• cerebrum

• medulla