HSP3U - The Human Brain Quiz

Prefrontal Cortex

Makes plans, regulates emotions, governs social interactions, makes judgments, solves problems and stores working memories

Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex

Enhances imagination and creativity

Motor Cortex

Begins and coordinates voluntary movements

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Receives touch information, such as pain pressure and body position

Visual Cortex

Processes visual input creates visual memory

Wernicke’s Area

Enables comprehension of language

Auditory Cortex

Processes and remembers sounds, including music and language

Broca’s Area

Enables the production of speech

Corpus Callosum

Transmits information between the brain’s two halves

Hypothalamus

Regulates hunger, thirst, temperature and other bodily functions

Amygdala

Generates and manages emotions, such as fear, anxiety and anger: initiates ompulsive, “gut” response

Medulla (Brain Stem)

Regulates heartbeat, breathing, digestion, and sleep

Cerebellum

Coordinates familiar movements, balance, and posture

Hippocampus

Aids learning and memory formation, stores short-term memories, helps integrate various sensory information

Cerebrum

Governs higher thinking, reasoning, emotion, consciousness, voluntary movement and language