Neuroanatomy Functions Quiz

Psych 230

frontal lobe

higher cognitive processing, executive function

parietal lobe

touch, proprioception, speech

temporal lobe

memory, hearing, speech

occipital lobe

vision

cerebellum

motor learning, balance

ventricular system

a system of fluid-filled cavities inside the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

CSF

acts as a shock absorber for the brain & medium for exchange of nutrients

4 major ventricles

2 lateral ventricles (contains choroid plexus which makes CSF), third ventricle, fourth ventricle

3rd ventricle

CSF

4th ventricle

CSF

cerebral aqueduct

connects 3rd ventricle to 4th ventricle

olfactory bulbs

smell

optic chiasm

visual input crosses over to contralateral sides of brain

hypothalamus

motivation and the 4 F's (feeding, fleeing, fighting, fornicating)

pons

balance, sleep

medulla oblongata

heart rate, respiration

spinal cord

voluntary movement, pain, sensation

mammillary bodies

memory

corpus callosum

hemisphere communication

cingulate gyrus

attention

fornix

major axon projections from hippocampus

lateral ventricle

full of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), has choroid plexus

third ventricle

CSF

fourth ventricle

CSF

cerebral aqueduct

connects third and fourth ventricles, allows CSF to circulate

superior colliculus

low level visual processing

inferior colliculus

low level auditory and vestibular processing

pineal gland

endocrine functions, production of melatonin

what did descartes say about the pineal gland?

seat of the soul

hippocampus

center of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system

amygdala

emotion; memory

striatum (caudate nucleus & putamen)

initiates voluntary movements and coordinates slow skeletal muscle contractions

thalamus

major relay point and processing center for all sensory impulses (excluding olfaction)

pituitary gland

producer and releaser of endocrine hormones