brain areas and functions

Question 1

prefrontal cortex

Accepted Answer

personality, conplex reasoning, intelligence

Question 2

primary motor cortex (precentral gyrus)

Accepted Answer

voluntary movement

Question 3

primary somatosensory cortex (postcentral gyrus)

Accepted Answer

receives sensory info

Question 4

primary visual cortex (occipital lobe)

Accepted Answer

vision

Question 5

wernicke's area (between left parietal and temporal lobes)

Accepted Answer

language perception

Question 6

broca's area (base of left prefrontal gyrus, above lateral sulcus)

Accepted Answer

motor speech area

Question 7

uncus (medial surface of temporal lobe)

Accepted Answer

olfactory area

Question 8

mammillary bodies

Accepted Answer

relay station for olfaction

Question 9

pineal body (epithalamus)

Accepted Answer

biological rhythm; day/night cycle

Question 10

thalamus

Accepted Answer

integration center; relays sensory info to sensory center

Question 11

hypothalamus

Accepted Answer

homeostatic regulation center: body temperature, metabolism, water balance

Question 12

pons (brain stem)

Accepted Answer

motor and sensory tracts between brain and CNS

Question 13

medulla oblongata (brain stem)

Accepted Answer

autonomic centers: heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, swallowing and vomiting

Question 14

cerebellum

Accepted Answer

muscle coordination, balance, equilibrium

Alle Karten