🎲 Brain Structure Showdown

⚡ Functions

100

Controls heartbeat and breathing.

Medulla 🌊💓 

💡 Hint: Medals go over your ❤️ and lungs.

200

Relays messages between sensory areas and motor areas.

Thalamus 🚦 

💡 Hint: The cops Hall & Amos directing traffic 

300

Coordinates voluntary movement and balance.

Cerebellum 🛼⚖️ 

💡 Hint: “Sarah's bells help her balance.”

400

Connects two hemispheres.

Corpus Callosum 🔗 

💡 Hint: Call someone to connect.

500

Governs planning and judgment.

Frontal Lobe 📝🤔 

💡 Hint: “Front of the line” / decision-making.

🧩 Mnemonics

100

The “Five F’s” (feeding, fighting, fleeing, Fahrenheit, mating).

Hypothalamus 🌡️🍔 

💡 Hint: Body’s thermostat / Homeostasis / Hypo the Llamas

200

"Memory Compass” helps recall this structure.

Hippocampus 🎓🐴 

💡 Hint: Like a college campus for memories... with hippos!

300

“Amy the angry” → which structure?

Amygdala 😡😱 

💡 Hint: Governs anger & fear / emotions without thinking

400

"Piranha” bites your head→ which lobe processes skin sensations?

Parietal lobe 🐟✋ 

💡 Hint: “Parietal sounds like ‘parental’ → parents put a hand ✋ on your head = touch.”

500

Octopus with eyeballs instead of suckers on the tentacles → which lobe processes vision? 

Occipital Lobe 👀 

💡 Hint: “Occ = Oculus” - Vision center.

💥 If Injured…

100

Damage here may cause speech production issues.

Broca’s Area 🗣️❌ 

💡 Hint: “Broken mouth.”

200

Damage here causes coma or problems with attention.

Reticular Activating System (RAS) ⚡😴 

💡 Hint: RAS = Rise And Shine.

300

Damage here = loss of balance/coordination.

Cerebellum 🛼❌ 

💡 Hint: Sarah lost her balance.

400

Damage here → can’t store new explicit memories.

Hippocampus 📚❌ 

💡 Hint: Campus closed.

500

Damage here leads to problems with comprehending language.

Wernicke’s Area 👂❌ 

💡 Hint: “Word Salad.”

🎭 Real-Life Scenarios

100

A high schooler listens to music but struggles to process lyrics and recognize melodies.

Temporal Lobe 🎧 ❌ 🎶 

💡 Hint: Temp = tempo / sound

200

🏃 After playing basketball, you feel hot and sweaty, then grab a big snack. Which brain structure regulates both your body temperature and hunger?

Hypothalamus 🌡️🍔

💡 Memory Hint: The “Five F’s” — feeding, fighting, fleeing, Fahrenheit, & mating.

300

A person feels intense fear when startled by thunder and lightning

Amygdala 😱 

💡 Hint: Amy is afraid

400

A student struggles with spatial awareness and misjudges distances when catching a ball.

Parietal Lobe 🏀 

💡 Hint: Parietal = position sense

500

A neurosurgeon cuts through this structure, preventing communication between the left and right hemispheres.

Corpus Callosum 🔗 

💡 Hint: Call someone to connect halves.

🎯 Which Lobe?

100

You plan your weekend and organize homework.

Frontal Lobe 📝🤔 

💡 Hint: “Front of the line planner.”

OR “CEO of the brain — in charge of big decisions.”

200

You feel your phone vibrate in your pocket.

Parietal Lobe ✋ 

💡 Hint: Parietal = pressure & touch

300

You watch a TikTok video.

Occipital Lobe 👀 

💡 Hint: Ocular (octopus with eyes on tentacles) = vision 

“Eyes in the back of your head.”  

400

You hear a friend call your name.

Temporal Lobe 🎧🎶 

💡 Hint: Tempo = sound & hearing. 

Near your temples = ears = hearing

500

You use muscles to wave hello.

Frontal Lobe (motor cortex)

💡 Hint: Front door / CEO of the brain — in charge of big moves