Lobes
This lobe helps you plan, make decisions, and control voluntary movements.
What is the frontal lobe?
This structure is linked to fear and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
This brainstem part controls basic life functions like breathing and heartbeat.
What is the medulla?
This area controls voluntary movement and is located in the frontal lobe.
What is the motor cortex?
Damage to the hippocampus could lead to problems with this function.
What is memory?
This lobe is responsible for auditory processing.
What is the temporal lobe?
This structure is essential for forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This part connects the cerebellum to the brain and helps with movement coordination.
What is the pons?
This region processes touch sensations and is in the parietal lobe.
What is the somatosensory cortex?
Damage to Broca’s area causes this kind of language difficulty.
What is aphasia?
This lobe processes touch, temperature, and pain.
What is the parietal lobe?
This structure connects the nervous system to the endocrine system.
What is the hypothalamus?
This structure plays a role in arousal and sleep-wake cycles.
What is the reticular formation?
This area is responsible for producing speech.
What is Broca’s area?
A person with this procedure may have their corpus callosum severed.
What is split-brain surgery?
This lobe processes visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
You often remember emotional events because these regions are close together.
What are the hippocampus and amygdala?
A patient who is awake but cannot consciously move or speak may have damage to this brainstem structure.
What is the reticular formation?
This region helps you understand language.
What is Wernicke’s area?
This disorder results from the loss of dopamine-producing cells in the substantia nigra.
What is Parkinson’s disease?
This lobe integrates sensory input and spatial awareness, and helps in mathematical reasoning.
What is the parietal lobe?
This structure connects the nervous system to the endocrine system.
What is the hypothalamus?
Degeneration of neurons here causes Parkinson’s disease.
What is the substantia nigra?
This area integrates information across multiple senses and areas.
What is the association cortex?
This progressive disorder begins with damage to the hippocampus and impairs memory.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?