Brain Divisions
This largest division of the brain is responsible for conscious thought, memory, and voluntary movement.
What is the cerebrum?
This lobe is responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
The outermost meningeal layer.
What is the dura mater?
Cranial Nerve I is responsible for this special sense.
What is smell?
A sudden loss of blood flow to part of the brain is called this.
What is a stroke?
This brain division contains the thalamus and hypothalamus.
What is the diencephalon?
This lobe contains Broca's area and is important for speech production
What is the frontal lobe?
The middle meningeal layer.
What is the arachnoid mater?
The Facial Nerve is Cranial Nerve number _____.
What is VII?
This imaging test is often the first ordered for a suspected stroke.
What is a CT scan?
This brain division coordinates balance and muscle movements
What is the cerebellum?
This lobe interprets touch, pressure, pain, and temperature sensations.
What is the parietal lobe?
The innermost meningeal layer that closely covers the brain
What is the pia mater?
This cranial nerve is responsible for vision
What is Cranial Nerve II (Optic)?
This diagnostic test records electrical activity of the brain.
What is an EEG?
The midbrain, pons, and medulla make up this division of the brain.
What is the brainstem?
This lobe is primarily responsible for hearing and memory.
What is the temporal lobe?
This fluid cushions and protects the brain and spinal cord.
What is cerebrospinal fluid
These two cranial nerves are most involved in swallowing.
What are CN IX and CN X?
Facial paralysis caused by dysfunction of CN VII is known as this disorder.
What is Bell's palsy?
This brain division acts as the primary relay center for sensory information
What is the diencephalon (thalamus)?
A patient unable to recognize visual information likely has damage to this lobe.
What is the occipital lobe?
CSF is produced primarily in these structures within the ventricles.
What are the choroid plexuses?
This cranial nerve controls tongue movement.
What is CN XII (Hypoglossal)?
A patient presents with left-sided weakness after damage to the right cerebral hemisphere. This occurs because motor pathways do this.
What is cross (decussate) to the opposite side of the body?