Parts of the Brain

The part of the brain that controls emotions, particularly fear, is called the __________ (Sousa, 2017).

• Hippocampus

• Amygdala

• Brain Stem

• Cerebellum

The part of the brain that is responsible for converting working memory to long-term memory is called the ___________ (Sousa, 2017).

• Thalamus

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

• Hippocampus

"All incoming sensory information (except smell) goes first to the ______________" (Sousa, 2017, p. 18).

This part of the brain is responsible for maintaining homeostasis by controlling the release of hormones that control functions like sleep, body temperature, food consumption, and liquid consumption (Sousa, 2017).

• Hippocampus

• Hypothalamus

• Limbic System

• Cerebrum

11 of the 12 body nerves end in this part of the brain which controls vital body functions and houses the RAS (Sousa, 2017).

• Thalamus

• Frontal Lobe

• Brain Stem

• Cerebellum

This part of the brain is coined the executive control center and includes the prefrontal cortex (Sousa, 2017).

• Frontal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

The __________ is soft, gray, and jellylike and represents 80% of the brain's weight (Sousa, 2017).

This part of the brain contains more neurons than the rest of the brain put together and is responsible for coordinating movement (Sousa, 2017).

• Occipital Lobe

• brain cells

• Cerebellum

• cerebral cortex

BONUS: What is the only nerve that does not end in the Brain Stem (Sousa, 2017)?