Lobes of the Brain
Movement and Senses
Brain Hemispheres and Connections
Limbic System
Brain Facts (True False)
100

Receives and processes sensory signals from the skin, muscles, joints, and internal organs

Parietal lobe

100

what plans, controls, and executes voluntary movements by sending signals to the muscles

Motor cortex!

100

What hemisphere processes language?

Left Hemisphere

100

Processing emotions, particularly fear and anxiety

Amygdala

100

The human brain can weigh up to 13 pounds

False! The average brain is about 3 pounds fully grown

200

Visual information

Occipital lobe

200

This involves processing and interpreting sensory information from the body

Somatosensory cortex

200

Controls movements on the left side of the body

Right Hemisphere

200

Taking new information and transferring it from short-term to long-term memory storage

Hippocampus

200

The human brain is ~75% water

True! The other 25% is fat and protien

300

responsible for motor skills and decision making

The Frontal Lobe

300

used in language production and processing

Broca’s Area

300

If you're writing with your right hand, what hemisphere of your brain are you using?

Left hemisphere

300

Receives sensory signals from all parts of the body, except for smell

Thalamus

300

The human brain has 500 billion neurons fully developed.

False! A developing brain has 500 billion, but a fully developed one has "only" 86 billion.

400

Receiving, interpreting, and understanding sounds

Temporal lobe

400
This part of the brain is used to comprehend language

Wernicke’s area

400

A thick band of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain

Corpus Callosum

400

Produces and releases hormones such as oxytocin

Hypothalamus

400

The brain uses an entire 20% of the human body's energy

True! That is a lot proportional to its size!

500

Which lobe of the brain is mainly responsible for processing sensory information such as pain, touch, and temperature?

Parietal Lobe

500

coordinates and regulates body movements

Cerebellum

500

The Corpus Callosum can be severed in surgery to stop what?

Seizures 

500

Growth and Development

Pituitary gland

500

The brain has 0 pain receptors, meaning touching does not hurt

True! You can't even feel if it is being actively touched.

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