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level questions: Brain

Question	Answer
The brain weighs over ___	3 lbs
Largest and most complex tissue of the nervous system	Brain
Largest part of the brain	Cerebrum
Division of the cerebrum responsible for creativity	Right cerebral hemisphere
Division of the cerebrum responsible for logic	Left cerebral hemisphere
Left and right hemisphere is connected by	Corpus callosum
Left and right hemisphere is separated by	Falx cerebri
Convolutions	Gyri
Shallow grooves	Sulcus
Motor areas control movements of skeletal muscles	Frontal lobes
Sensory area for the sensation of temperature, touch, and pain	Parietal Lobes
Sensory areas (auditory & olfactory)	Temporal lobe
Sensory areas for vision	Occipital lobe
Memory stored in the Frontal lobe	Short term memory
Memory stored in portion of the temporal lobe	Recent memory
Long term memory is stored in the ___	Cerebral cortex
Concerned with coordination of muscular activity	Cerebellum
Connects the cerebellum in the midline	Vermis
Connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord	Brain stem
Brainstem is approximately ___ long, about the size of thumb	3 inches
Contain reflex centers associated with eye & head movement	Midbrain
Involved in control of body movements	Substantia nigra
Cranial nerves located in the Midbrain	CN III and CN IV
Appear as a rounded bulge in the underside of the brainstem where it separates the midbrain & medulla oblongata.	Pons varolli
Cranial nerves located in the Pons varolli	CN V and CN VIII
Transmits all ascending & descending impulses & contain vital & non-vital reflex centers	Medulla oblongata
Cranial nerves located in the Medulla oblongata	CN IX and CN XII
Located between the cerebral hemisphere & above the midbrain	Diencephalon
Main sensory relay center: Provides a general awareness of certain sensation such as pain, touch, & temperature (together with parietal lobe)	Thalamus
Maintains homeostasis	Hypothalamus
Any form of emotions or behavior is in the ___ of the Hypothalamus	Limbic system
Involved in olfaction	Mammillary body
Location of hypothalamus	Optic chiasm
The pineal gland or body is where the ___ is located	Epithalamus