AP Unit 1 brain review

What is the function of the frontal lobe in the brain?

• Motor control

• Executive functions

• Language processing

• Memory storage

What is the function of the occipital lobe in the brain?

• Processing auditory information.

• Regulating emotions.

• Controlling motor functions.

• Processing visual information

What is the function of the temporal lobe in the brain?

• Processing auditory information, language comprehension, and memory formation.

• Regulating body temperature and hormone production.

• Visual perception and recognition.

• Motor control, balance, and coordination.

Connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain

• Cerebellum
• Hypothalamus
• Medulla  Oblongata
• Corpus Callosum

The brain's "sensory switchboard":  directs sensory messages to proper area of the brain

• thalamus
• hypothalamus
• hippocampus
• reticular formation

Known as the "Little brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements:

• Thalamus
• Reticular Formation
• Hypothalamus
• Cerebellum

Which letter on the illustration represents the frontal lobe? 

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which letter on the illustration represents the temporal lobe? 

• A
• B
• C
• D

The red portion is the ________

• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Brain Stem
• Diencephalon

This part of the brain controls motivational behaviors such as feeding/eating and your fight-or-flight response.

• Hippocampus
• Amygdala
• Reticular Formation
• Hypothalamus