The Brain
Cerebral Cortex Lobes
Nervous System
Subcortical structures
Pot luck
100
The three main parts of the human brain
What is the forebrain, the midbrain and the hindbrain
100
Lobe in the cerebral cortex associated with vision
What is the occipital lobe
100

This system is related to the "Fight or Flight" response

What is the sympathetic system

100

Part of the limbic system involved in learning and memory of emotional events and fear

What is the amygdala

100
Sometimes referred to as the 'little brain'

What is the cerebellum

200
The large structure at the back of the brain involved in movement and other functions
What is the cerebellum
200
This lobe is involved in abstract thinking, planning and social skills
What is the frontal lobe
200

Name 2 bodily functions that occur as part of the fight or flight response

What is increased pupil dilation, heart rate increases, breathing rate goes up

200
Helps regulate behaviour like eating, sleeping, sexual activity and emotional experience
What is the hypothalamus
200

The raised areas on the surface of the brain.

What are gyri?

300
Thick band of axons connecting the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex
What is the corpus callosum
300

This individual suffered damage to his frontal lobe from a railroad spike  

Who is Phineas Gage

300

The receptor that is responsible for pain

What are nociceptors

300
This part of the brain is sometimes thought of as the 'switchboard'
What is the thalamus
300
The hemisphere of the brain that is generally specialised for non-linguistic functions

What is the right hemisphere

400
The hindbrain consists of these 3 main parts
What are the Pons, cerebellum and medulla
400
These lobes are located in front of the occipital lobes
What are the parietal lobes
400

The time taken for a spinal reflex to occur

What is 0.5 seconds

400

This patient underwent surgery to remove sections of the brain to control epileptic seizures

Who is H.M.

400

Chemicals like neurotransmitters that travel through the bloodstream

What are hormones

500
Midbrain structure involved in orientating towards visual and auditory stimuli
What is the tectum
500
Cortex that is located behind the central fissure and receives sensory information from all around the body
What is the somatosensory cortex
500

Which type of neuron will send an action potential and which type of neuron commands the muscles to move?

What is the afferent neuron and what is the efferent neuron

500

Located in the left temporal lobe, this area is important in language comprehension

What is Wernicke's area

500

Individuals who have had their corpus callosum cut are referred to as this

What are split-brain patients

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