Brain Structures & Functions

The _______ is an almond shaped structure in the brain's limbic system that encodes emotional messages to long-term storage.

• Hippocampus

• Amygdala

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebrum

The ________ is a major part of the brain that receives sensory input and monitors vital functions such as heartbeat, body temperature, sleeping, and digestion.

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebellum

• Amygdala

• Brain Stem

A major part of the brain that coordinates muscle movement and balance is the __________.

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Amygdala

• Brain Stem

The largest major part of the brain that controls sensory interpretation, thinking, and memory is the _________.

• Amygdala

• Brain Stem

• Cerebrum

• Prefrontal Cortex

The front part of the brain that monitors higher-order thinking, directs problem-solving, and regulates the excesses of the emotional (limbic) system is called the ________.

• Frontal Lobe

• Cerebrum

• Hippocampus

• Brain Stem

The _________ is a brain structure that compares new learning to past learning and encodes information from working memory to long-term storage.

• Amygdala

• Brain Stem

• Hypothalamus

• Hippocampus

The ________ is a small brain structure at the base of the limbic area that regulates body functions in response to internal and external stimuli.

• Hippocampus

• Hypothalamus

• Brain Stem

• Prefrontal Cortex

A part of the limbic system that receives all incoming sensory information, except smell, and shunts it to other areas of the cortex for additional processing is called the ________.

• Frontal Lobe

• Prefrontal Cortex

• Hippocampus

• Thalamus