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2.4 Medical Detectives: The Brain Parts and Functions

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 2hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
frontal
b)
temporal
c)
occipital
d)
parietal
2.
a)
frontal
b)
temporal
c)
occipital
d)
parietal
3.
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Diencephalon
4.
a)
Thalamus
b)
Frontal lobe
c)
Pons
d)
Hipocampus
5.
a)
Frontal
b)
Parietal
c)
Occipital
d)
Temporal
6.
a)
Frontal
b)
Occipital
c)
Parietal
d)
Temportal
7.
a)

Brain Stem

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Cerebrum

8.
a)
Temporal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Frontal Lobe
d)
Occipital Lobe
9.
Which letter on the image indicates the area where you would find the thalamus and hypothalamus?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
10.
Which letter on the image indicates the area where you would find the occipital lobe ?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
11.
Which letter on the image indicates the area where you would find the frontal lobe ?
a)
a
b)
d
c)
e
d)
f
12.
Which letter on the image indicates the area where you would find the frontal lobe ?
a)
a
b)
d
c)
e
d)
f
13.
Which letter on the image indicates the area where you would find the cerebellum? 
a)
a
b)
d
c)
e
d)
f
14.
The ___ relays information from the sense organs to the area of the brain that process the information.
a)
Thalmus
b)
Pons 
c)
Cerebral Cortex
d)
Hippocampus 
15.
When the ___ is damaged it makes movement nearly or completely impossible. 
a)
Cerebellum 
b)
Sensory Strip
c)
Spinal Cord
d)
Hypothalamus 
16.
If you could look inside your head, you'd see that the cerebrum is divided into two halves, called ___________.
a)
lobes
b)
hemispheres
c)
neurons
d)
electrodes
17.
What functions does this lobe carry out?
a)
Hearing and auditory processing
b)
Vision and visual processing
c)
Processing fear
d)
Judgment, impulse control, planning
18.
This lobe receives and processes pain, pressure and touch from the body to create a map of the body's position in space and a map of body parts in relation to other body parts.
a)
Occipital Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Temporal Lobe
d)
Frontal Lobe
19.
This lobe receives and processes visual information and then sends it to other parts of the brain for further processing and storage.
a)
Occipital Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Temporal Lobe
d)
Frontal Lobe
20.
The brain stem controls automatic things like
a)
breathing, balance and heart rate
b)
temperature, breathing, and balance
c)
breathing, heart rate, and coordination
d)
temperature, breathing, and heart rate
21.
The parietal lobe controls
a)
sense of touch
b)
language, feelings, and memory
c)
balance and coordination
d)
sense of touch, and movement
22.
The occipital lobe controls
a)
vision and touch
b)
vision and hearing
c)
vision
d)
vision and balance
23.
The cerebellum controls
a)
breathing, coordination and balance
b)
balance, coordination and temperature
c)
coordination and balance
d)
heart rate and coordination
24.
After Greg's serious motorcycle accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebellum. Greg is most likely to have difficulty: 
a)
EXPERIENCING INTENSE EMOTIONS
b)
READING A BOOK
c)
PLAYING HIS GUITAR
d)
TASTING HIS FAVORITE FOODS
25.
As the result of a stroke, a man has lost his ability to plan, make decisions, and set goals. Which lobe has been damaged?
a)
FRONTAL LOBE
b)
PARIETAL LOBE
c)
OCCIPITAL LOBE
d)
THE BROCA'S AREA
26.
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!
a)
temporal lobe
b)
sensory cortex
c)
occipital lobe
d)
gyri
27.
The major part of the brain that controls higher mental activities such as learning and making decisions
a)
cerebellum
b)
cerebrum
c)
thalamus
d)
midbrain
28.

Which of the following are lobes of the brain

a)

North, South, East, West

b)

Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal

c)

Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain stem

d)

Anterior, Posterior, Dorsal, Ventral

29.

Processes sound; word/language recognition

a)

Occipital lobe

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Frontal lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

30.

Social/emotional processing; behaviors; working memory; retrieves and stores memory

a)

Occipital lobe

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Frontal lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

31.

Senses touch; spatial processing; taste

a)

Occipital lobe

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Frontal lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

32.

Coordinates skilled movement; awareness

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Amygdala

d)

Parietal lobe

33.

Relays incoming sensory info to cerebrum

a)

Thalamus

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Amygdala

d)

Medulla oblongata

34.

Works with pituitary to control hunger, thirst, sleep, body temp

a)

Basal ganglia

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Midbrain

d)

Pons

35.
Alicia suffered a brain disease that destroyed major portions of her temporal lobes. Alicia is most likely to suffer some loss of:

a)
AUDITORY PERCEPTION
b)
THIRST AND HUNGER
c)
PAIN SENSATIONS
d)
MUSCULAR COORDINATION
36.

The part of the brain responsible for vision is the...

a)

parietal lobe

b)

brain stem

c)

occipital lobe

d)

temporal lobe

37.

The two hemispheres of the brain are joined by the...

a)

brain stem

b)

corpus callosum

c)

cerebral cortex

d)

cerebellum

38.
a)
Corpus Callosum
b)
Amygdala
c)
Thalamus
d)
Hypothalamus
39.
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Thalamus
40.
a)

Corpus Callosum

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Thalamus

41.

what controls your balance ?!

a)

thalamus

b)

cerebellum

c)

brain stem

d)

frontal lobes

42.

what controls your skeletal muscles ?!

a)

cerebellum

b)

occipital lobe

c)

sensory cortex

d)

motor cortex

43.

what controls taste and touch

a)

frontal lobes

b)

motor cortex

c)

sensory cortex

d)

temporal lobes

44.

what controls your heart rate ?

a)

motor cortex

b)

sensory cortex

c)

cerebellum

d)

brainstem

45.
what controls your personality ?!
a)
parietal lobes
b)
occipital lobes
c)
temporal lobes
d)
frontal lobes
46.

This feature commects the left eye to the right brain and vice-versa. Aids in binocular and stereoscopic vision.

a)

corpus callosum

b)

optic chiasm

c)

olfactory bulbs

d)

brain stem

47.

The master gland, secretes hormones into your bloodstream and can affect other glands.

a)

thyroid

b)

pituitary

c)

pineal

d)

parathyroid

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