Brain Parts Quiz

When this area of the brain is damaged, patients loose the ability to speak fluently.

• Broca's area
• Hypothalamus
• Amygdala
• Occipital lobe

helps with controlling arousal.

• reticular formation
• brain stem

controls heartbeat and breathing,

• reticular formation
• medulla

Located in the hindbrain, this structure is responsible for coordinated movement and balance

• cerebellum
• medulla
• pons
• brain stem

This structure helps pass information between the two hemispheres of the brain.

• corpus callosum
• hypothalamus
• pons
• amygdala

You actually do 'have eyes in the back of your head' because this region of the brain responsible for visual processing is right above the cerebellum!

• temporal lobe
• sensory cortex
• occipital lobe
• gyri

The _______ lobe is used to process auditory information and contains the Broca's area and the Wernicke's area.

• parietal
• prefrontal
• occipital
• temporal

Tim is having difficulty processing anything hot when he touches something, which lobe is not functioning properly?

• Occipital Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Frontal Lobe

This part of the brain makes us unique and is our control information processing center?

• Cerebellum

• Corpus Collosum

• Cerebrum

• Hypothalamus

Lobe that is involved in sensing touch, as well as spatial processing, language, and memory.

• frontal
• temporal
• parietal
• occipital