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Parts of the brain. #psychology#brain#partsofthebrain
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which lobes include brain parts responsible for sight?
parietal lobes
frontal lobes
temporal lobes
occipital lobes
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What part of the plays a role in storing new memories and response to new or unexpected stimuli
frontal lobes
hippocampus
medulla
temporal lobes
3
What does the motor cortex do?
controls all deep thoughts
it controls voluntary body movement
plays a role in our response to stimuli
controls all emotions
4
Which hemisphere controls the right side of the body
Left hemisphere
Right hemisphere
Both
5
What part of the brain plays a crucial role in arousal and attention.
reticular formation
midbrain
thalamus
subsrantia nigra
6
What is responsible for higher metal processes of language, memory and thinking?
cerebrum
cerebral cortex
cerebellum
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What does the cerebellum regulate?
it regulates the growth hormone
it doesn't regulate anything
it regulates speech
it regulates muscle tone and posture
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What part of the brain has the medulla, reticular formation and the pons included in it?
cerebellum
cerebrum
brain stem
frontal lobe
9
What area is to comprehend the spoken and formulating coherent speech and written language?
Wernicke's area
Wernicke's aphasia
Broca's area
Aphasia
10
Which hemisphere controls the left side of the body?
Right hemisphere
Both
Left hemisphere
11
What part of the brain regulates hunger, thirst, sexual behavior and internal body temperature?
amygdala
hippocampus
hypothalamus
pons
12
What is the thin layer that covers the cerebrum ?
wernickes area
brocas area
cerebral cortex
cerebral hemispheres
13
What site of the brain is hearing registered?
somatosensory cortex
primary visual cortex
primary auditory cortex
14
What does the amygdala play a role in?
in emotion, specifically in our response to stimuli
in the way we understand speech sounds
in how our emotions response to anger and fear only
it doesn't play a role it controls something
15
What part of the brain is involved in thinking, motivation and impulse control?
Wernickes area
Midbrain
Brocas area
frontal association area
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What does the medulla control?
executes smooth skilled body movements
controls understanding spoken and written language
releases hormones that control other endocrine glands
heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure coughing and swallowing
17
What lobes include brain parts responsible for our sense of touch?
frontal lobes
occipital lobes
parietal lobes
temporal lobes
18
which lobes include brain parts for our ability to hear?
temporal lobes
parietal lobes
frontal lobes
occipital lobes
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What does the thalamus act as a relay station for?
information flowing into or out of the higher brain centers
emotion, memory and motivation
learning, attention, movement and reinforcement
for voluntary movement
20
which lobe is the largest of the lobes and contains the motor cortex and broca's area
frontal lobes
temporal lobes
occiptal lobes
parietal lobes
21
What is the name of the nervous system comprising the brain and spinal cord that has two parts?
Peripheral Nervous System
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Sympathetic Nervous System
22
Whats the structure that connects the medulla to the cerebellum
hippocampus
cerebrum
pons
recticular formation
23
Where does touch, pressure, temperature and pain register?
somatosensory cortex
primary auditory cortex
primary visual cortex
motor cortex
24
What part of the brain registers hearing ?
primary auditory cortex
somosensory cortex
primary visual cortex
25
What is the spinal cord?
part of the temporal lobe
an extension of the brain
part of the front of the brain
at the rear of the frontal lobes
26
What does the Brocas area control?
it controls only breathing and blood pressure
it controls production of speech and sounds
it controls all the senses
it controls production of speech sounds
27
What does the pituitary gland do?
controls the body movements for speech
regulates muscle tone and posture
releases hormones that control the other endocrine glands
plays a role in emotion
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what is the think band of fibers that connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres?
hippocampus
cerebral cortex
limbric system
corpus callosum
