Older Brian Structures and lambic system

Older Brian

100

Which part of the brain is the oldest and located in the central core of the brain?

Brianstem

200

Fill in the blank

Medulla

300

What part of the brainstem is responsible for coordination, movement and output of balance?

Cerebellum

400

What is a nerve network that connects to the thalamus (controls arousal)

Reticular Formation 

500

You twitch and turn in your sleep, which part of the brain is responsible for this?

Pons

Limbic System

100

What are associated with Limbic system? (Two things)

Emotions, Drives 

200

Limbic system is a neural system. What are the neural structures that the limbic system includes?

Amygdala, hypothalamus, and hippocaycampus

300

Describe the function of the hypothalamus?

directs (eating, drinking, body temperature) - helps govern endocrine system via the pituitary gland - linked to emotion and reward

400

What consists of two bean sized neural clusters that is a processing center for emotions.

Amygdala

500

What part of the Limbic System shrinks for a lot of NFL players?

Hippocampus 

Final Jeopardy!

500

Writer down A, B, and C. Spelling doesn’t count as long as we can tell what it is.

A. Hypothalamus 

B. Amygdala

C. Hippocampus