Crow
How much does the average human brain weigh?
Interprets information from senses and movement
Pons
Temporal lobe sensory areas are responsible for ________ and ________
Hearing, Smelling
What is the oldest part of the brain?
Brain Stem
Can lead to problems with memory, speech perception, and language skills
Temporal Lobe
What are the two halves of the brain called?
Left and Right Hemisphere
Distinctly human traits all _______ in the cerebral cortex
Originate
True or False: The cerebellum makes up approximately 15 percent of the brains total size
False, it makes up 10 percent of the brains total size
Associated with interpreting visual stimuli and information
Occipital Lobe
True or False: A living human brain is so soft you can cut it with a table (butter) knife
True
Associated with reasoning, motor, skills, higher-level cognition, and expressive language
Frontal Lobe
Can lead to changes in sexual habits, socialization, and attention as well as increased risk-taking
Frontal Lobe
What is the cerebral cortex?
The outer-most layer or wrinkly appearance
What is each BUMP on the surface of the brain called?
Gyrus
What is simply referred to as the “simplest part of the brain”?
The Brainstem
A group of large nuclei that partially surrounds the thalamus and are important in the control of movement
Basal Ganglia
The Medulla Oblongata maintains _____ body functions such as the heart rate and breathing
Vital
Higher ______, language and human __________
Thought, Consciousness
Parietal lobe sensory areas are responsible for the sensations of temperature, ______, pressure and ____ from skin
Touch, Pain
If stretched out, the cerebral cortex would be ____ sq. m or ____ sq.ft. - 0.23, 2.5
0.23, 2.5
A portion of the brain known as the ___________ cortex is located in this love and is essential to the processing of the body’s senses
Somatosensory
Controls mood, thirst, hunger, and temperature. It also contains glands which control the hormonal processes throughout the body
Hypothalamus
What lobe is located in the MIDDLE of the brain?
Parietal Lobe
What are the 4 lobes of the brain?
Frontal, Pariental, Temporal, and Occipital lobe
The limbic system includes the _________, hippocampus, ____________, and thalamus
Amygdala, Hypothalamus