This part of the brain is responsible for conscious thought, memory, and voluntary momement.
What is the CEREBRUM?
I am the area of the brainstem that contain tracts that convey signals to and from the brain.
What is the pons?
Cranial Nerve X is known by this name:
What is the VAGUS nerve?
Cranial Nerve VII controls facial expression muscles.
What is the FACIAL Nerve?
Cranial Nerve IX assists with swallowing and taste from the posterior tongue.
What is the GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL Nerve?
Cranial nerve 1 is responsible for this sense.
What is smell (OLFACTORY)
This lobe of the cerebrum contains the primary visual cortex.
What is the OCCIPITAL lobe?
This area of the frontal lobe is responsible for producing speech.
What is BROCA's area?
This lobe of the brain processes hearing and language comprehension.
What is the TEMPORAL lobe?
This structure acts as the major relay station for sensory information entering the cerebral cortex.
What is the THALAMUS?
This reflex causes the pupil to become smaller in bright light.
What is the pupillary light reflex?
What cranial nerve affects the retina of the eye?
CRANIAL NERVE II carries impulses from this special sense organ.
Cranial nerve V provides most sensory information from the face.
What is the TRIGEMINAL nerve?
Cranial nerve III is responsible for most eye movements.
What is the OCULOMOTOR Nerve?
Stimulation of this cranial nerve can slow the heart rate.
What is the VAGUS nerve?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the CEREBELLUM?
This reflex helps protect the eye when something approaches suddenly.
What is the BLINK reflex?
This reflex controls heart rate and blood pressure through the autonomic nervous system.
What is the BARORECEPTOR reflex?
Receptors in the Carotid arteries help initiate this cardiovascular reflex.
What is the BARIOCEPTOR reflex?
This visceral reflex increases digestive activity after eating.
What is the PARASYMPATHETIC DIGESTIVE reflex?
Cranial nerve VIII is responsible for hearing and balance.
What is the VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR nerve?
This structure connects the two cerebral hemispheres.
What is the CORPUS CALLOSUM?
This part of the brainstem controls breathing and heartrate.
What is the MEDULLA OBLONGATA?
This area of the brain helps regulate body temperature, hunger, and thirst.
What is the HYPOTHALAMUS?
Cranial nerve XII controls movement of this organ.
What is the tongue?