Brain

Parts

100

Responsible for heartbeat and breathing

What is medulla?

200

Responsible for coordinating voluntary movement and balance

What is the cerebellum?

300

Involved in emotional processing, especially fear and aggression

What is the amygdala?

400

Helps process explicit memory; not fully developed until about age 3. 

What is the hippocampus?

500

Involved in hunger and thirst, maintaining homeostasis by regulating vital functions.

What is the hypothalamus

Parts, Part II :)

100

Part of the brain stem that helps coordinate breathing rhythm 

What is the Pons?

200

Part of the brainstem that regulates awareness and attention. 

What is the Reticular Formation?

300

The Hypothalamus and thalamus are part of this?

What is the diencephalon?

400

Part of the Limbic System that is involved in memory formation

What is the hippocampus?

500

The "Sensory Switchboard" of the brain; receives info from most senses

What is the Thalamus?

Beyond the Brain

100

This gland produces melatonin

What is the pineal gland?

200

This gland is the master gland of the endocrine system making hormones such as growth hormone and vasopressin

What is the pituitary gland?

300

These are the raised parts of the cerebrum

What are gyri?

400

The lateral one of these separates the frontal and temporal lobes 

What is fissure?

500

These are shallow grooves in the cerebral cortex

What are sucli?

Lobes

100

Lobes that contain the visual cortex

What are the occipital lobes?

200

Lobes that contain the auditory cortex

What are the Temporal lobes?

300

Involved in planning and judgement; develops last

What are the Frontal Lobes?

400

These lobes contain the somatosensory cortex

What are parietal lobes?

500

This part of the frontal lobe control speech production

What is the Broca's area?

Misc.

100

This is the band of white matter (nerve fibers) that connects the cerebral hemisperes

What is the corpus callosum?

200

If this area is damaged then a person loses the ability to understand speech

What is Wernicke's area of the temporal lobe?

300

Interneurons in the brain are this structural kind of neuron to help them connect with many other neurons, having many dendrites and one axon. 

What are multipolar?

400

This 5th lobe of the cerebrum regulates emotional states such as empathy and addiction

What is the insula?

500

This neuroglial cell provides structural support and form the blood brain barrier. They're named for their star shaped appearance.  

What are astrocytes?