Cerebrum - correct answer Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary
muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.
Cerebrum - correct answer
Frontal Lobe - correct answer associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech,
movement, emotions, and problem solving
Parietal Lobe - correct answer A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions
include processing information about touch. Also orientation and perception of stimuli.
Occipital Lobe - correct answer A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual
information
Temporal Lobe - correct answer An area on each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex
near the temples that is the primary receiving area for auditory information; memory and speech
Cerebellum - correct answer the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions
include processing sensory input and coordinating movement and posture
Limbic System - correct answer neural system located buried within the Cerebrum;
associated with emotions and drives. Contains the hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus.
Hypothalamus - correct answer a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs
eating, drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is
linked to emotion
Amygdala - correct answer two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system;
linked to emotion.
, Hippocampus - correct answer A neural center located in the limbic system that
helps process explicit memories for storage.
Brain Stem - correct answer The brains connection to the spinal cord. Filters
information flow between peripheral nervous system and the rest of the brain.
Midbrain - correct answer A small part of the brain above the pons that integrates
sensory information and relays it upward.
Pons - correct answer sleep and arousal
Medulla - correct answer the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and
breathing
The Spinal Cord - correct answer from Brainstem to L1-l2.
Segments of the Spinal Cord - correct answer cervical (C1-C8), thoracic (T1-T12),
lumbar (L1-L5), sacral (S1-S5), coccygeal
Peripheral Nervous System - correct answer the sensory and motor neurons that
connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
12 cranial nerves - correct answer 1. Olfactory
2. Optic
3. Oculomotor
4. Trochlear
5. Trigeminal
6. Abducens
7. Facial
8. Vestibulocochlear
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