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Oldest part and central core of the brain
a. medulla
b. brainstem
c. cerebral cortext |
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Controls life-supporting functions such as breathing and heartbeat
a. medulla
b. thalamus
c. hippocampus |
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Responsible for wakefulness and arousal; damage could cause coma
a. frontal lobe
b. brainstem
c. reticular formation |
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Brain's sensory switchboard
a. thalamus
b. hypothalamus
c. parietal lobe |
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"little brain"; helps coordinate voluntary movements and balance
a. cerebral cortext
b. brainstem
c. cerebellum |
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_______ system that is a ring of structures at the border of the brainstem
a. frontal
b. limbic
c. occipital |
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regulates the body's maintenance system like thirst, hunger, and body temperature
a. hypothalamus
b. thalamus
c. hippocampus |
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helps the brain make new memories
a. hippocampus
b. hypothalamus
c. amygdala |
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controls emotional responses such as fear and anger
a. hypothalmaus
b. hippcamous
c. amygdala |
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wrinkled outer surface of the brain
a. brainstem
b. skull
c. cerebral cortex |
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band of neural fibers that connect the left and right hemisphere and allow them to communicate
a. corpus callosum
b. cerebral cortex
c. reticular formation |
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the long crevice that divides the cerebral cortex into right and left hemisphere
a. corpus callosum
b. longitudinal fissure
c. lateral fissure |
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lobe that is involved in judgments and planning; emotion and reason
a. temporal
b. occipital
c. frontal |
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lobe that is responsible for visual processing area of the brain
a. temporal
b. occipital
c. frontal |
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lobe that is responsible for auditory (hearing) processing of the brain
a. temporal
b. parietal
c. occipital |
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lobe that helps with processing information such as mathematical reasoning
a. occipital
b. parietal
c. temporal |
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_______cortext that controls voluntary movement (right side controls left, visa vera)
a. movement
b. motor
c. monitor |
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directs the muscle movement involved in speech
a. Wernicke's Area
b. Broca's Area
c. Motor muscles |
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involved in language comprehension and expression; ability to understand what's being said to us
a. Wernicke's Area
b. Broca's Area
c. Frontal Lobe |
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Right: Spatial
Left: Language |
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Definition
| Which side of the brain houses the brain's spatial abilities? Which side of the brain is in charge of language? |
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