Brain Quiz Review

Structures on top of our spinal cord. Controls basic biological structures.

• hindbrain

• forebrain

• midbrain

• cerebral cortex

Located just above the spinal cord. Involved in the control of blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing.

• medulla oblangata

• cerebellum

• reticular formation

• amygdala

Also known as "little brain". Coordinates fine muscle movements, voluntary movement, and balance.

• cerebellum

• frontal lobe

• cerebral cortex

• medulla oblongata

Receives sensory signals from the spinal cord and sends them to other parts of the forebrain, transmits replies.

• thalamus

• hypothalamus

• hippocampus

• amygdala

A doughnut-shaped system of neural structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebral hemispheres. Associated with emotions such as fear and aggression and drives such as those for food and sex

• limbic system

• brain system

• endocrine system

• nervous system

Maybe most important structure in the brain. Linked to emotion and regulates body temperature, sexual arousal, hunger, thirst, and the endocrine system.

• hypothalamus

• hippocampus

• amygdala

• thalamus

Involved in the processing and storage of memories.

• hippocampus

• hypothalamus

• amygdala

• thalamus

Works with the hippocampus in processing memory. More involved in volatile emotions like anger.

• amygdala

• neuron

• hypothalamus

• thalamus

Known as the body’s ultimate control and processing center. Made up of densely packed neurons we call “gray matter”, covers the cerebral hemispheres.

• cerebral cortex

• nervous system

• cerebellum

• limbic system

The lobe of our brain that controls abstract thought and emotional control. Also contains our motor cortex and Broca's area.

• frontal lobe

• occipital lobe

• parietal lobe

• temporal lobe.