Category 1: The Cerebrum & Lobes
Lobe responsible for personality, planning, and voluntary movement.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
The toughest, outermost layer of the meninges.
What is the Dura Mater?
Almond-shaped structure that processes fear and aggression.
What is the Amygdala?
Stem portion controlling heart rate and breathing.
What is the Medulla Oblongata?
Brain injury caused by a sudden physical blow.
What is a Concussion?
The primary brain lobe for processing visual information.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
Clear fluid providing buoyancy and protection to CNS.
What is Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)?
Structure critical for converting short-term to long-term memory.
What is the Hippocampus?
System maintaining alertness and the conscious state.
What is the Reticular Activating System (RAS)?
Death of brain tissue due to blocked blood.
What is a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA/Stroke)?
Groove separating the frontal and parietal lobes
What is the Central Sulcus?
Web-like middle layer containing the subarachnoid space.
What is the Arachnoid Mater?
Sensory relay station for all senses except smell.
What is the Thalamus?
Sleep stage where most vivid dreaming occurs.
What is REM Sleep?
Degenerative disease involving plaques and tangles.
What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
Left frontal area required for physical speech production.
what is Broca’s Area?
Capillary knots that produce cerebrospinal fluid.
What is the Choroid Plexus?
Brain region regulating hunger, thirst, and body temperature.
What is the Hypothalamus?
Gland that secretes melatonin to regulate sleep.
What is the Pineal Gland?
Movement disorder caused by lack of dopamine.
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
Lobe involved in hearing and memory retrieval.
What is the Temporal Lobe?
Condition caused by blocked cerebrospinal fluid drainage.
What is Hydrocephalus?
Emotional brain part underdeveloped in many teenagers.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
Brain stem "bridge" connecting cerebrum and cerebellum.
What is the Pons?
Temporary "mini-stroke" that warns of future CVAs.
What is a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)?