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08 Ch 2 Parts of the Brain

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This part of the brain controls life-sustaining functions, such as breathing and swallowing.

a)

medulla

b)

pons

c)

reticular formation

d)

cerebellum

2.

This part of the brain coordinates fine, rapid motor movement, learned reflexes, posture and muscle tone.

a)

cerebellum

b)

medulla

c)

reticular formation

d)

frontal lobes

3.

This controls hunger, thirst, sleep, sexual behavior, sleeping and waking, and emotions.

a)

hypothalamus

b)

thalamus

c)

pituitary

d)

amygdala

4.

This system contains a group of several brain structures located under the cortex and involved in learning, emotion, memory, and motivation.

a)

limbic system

b)

reticular formation

c)

central nervous system

d)

sympathetic division

5.

This is the part of the brain responsible for storing memories and remembering locations.

a)

hippocampus

b)

amygdala

c)

hypothalamus

d)

frontal lobes

6.

This part of the brain controls our fear responses and memory of fearful stimuli.

a)

amygdala

b)

hippocampus

c)

cerebellum

d)

cortex

7.

This "wrinkled" part of our brain is responsible for our for higher thought processes.

a)

cortex

b)

amygdala

c)

hypothalamus

d)

medulla

8.

These process vision and contain the primary visual cortex.

a)

occipital lobes

b)

parietal lobes

c)

frontal lobes

d)

temporal lobes

9.

These process our sense of touch, temperature, taste and body position.

a)

occipital lobes

b)

parietal lobes

c)

frontal lobes

d)

temporal lobes

10.

These contain the primary auditory area and are also involved in understanding language.

a)

occipital lobes

b)

parietal lobes

c)

frontal lobes

d)

temporal lobes

11.

These lobes are where all the higher mental functions occur, such as planning and complex decision making.

a)

occipital lobes

b)

parietal lobes

c)

frontal lobes

d)

temporal lobes

12.

This area is responsible for producing fluent speech.

a)

Broca's Area

b)

Wernicke's Area

13.

This area is responsible for the understanding of language and producing meaningful speech.

a)

Broca's Area

b)

Wernicke's Area

14.

This is the band that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

a)

corpus callosum

b)

reticular formation

c)

pons

d)

cerebellum