Brain Quiz

Live laugh love brain quiz :) section on location/structure (s) and section on function (f) -2 words needed for each function

Amygdala (f)

fight or flight, fear + anger

Basal Ganglia (f)

motivation + reward

Brainstem (f)

connect brain + spine

Broca’s Area (f)

speech production

Cerebellum (f)

muscle movement, balance, implicit + procedural memories 

Cerebral cortex (f)

control + info processing

Corpus callosum (f)

connects L + R hemispheres of the brain (made of nerve fibers) 

Frontal lobe (f)

Linguistic processing, Executive functioning, Voluntary movement

Hippocampus (f)

process conscious, explicit memories, short → long 

Hypothalamus (f)

emotion + reward, four F’s (fight, flight, sex, feeding) 

Medulla oblongata (f)

heartbeat + breathing 

Midbrain (f)

motor movement, sleep-wake cycle, pain 

Occipital lobe (f)

perceives color, form, movement 

Parietal Lobe (f)

math + spatial thinking

Pituitary gland (f)

master of hormones → growth!! 

Pons (f)

coordinates movements, facial sensations,  and sleep

Reticular formation (f)

filters incoming stimuli, controls multitasking and arousal

Temporal lobe (f)

hearing, linguistic processing, long term memory storage 

Thalamus (f)

“relay station” —> takes in sensory info (not smell) and relays to other parts of the brain 

Wernicke’s Area (f)

understand + comprehend language

16

Amygdala (s)

18

Basal Ganglia (s)

9

Brainstem (s)

1

Broca’s Area (s)

13

Cerebellum (s)

20

Cerebral Cortex (s)

8

Corpus Callosum (s)

4

Frontal Lobe (s)

17

Hippocampus (s)

15

Hypothalamus (s)

11

Medulla Oblongata (s)

12

Midbrain (s)

2

Occipital Lobe (s)

3

Parietal Lobe (s)

19

Pituitary Gland (s)

10

Pons (s)

Reticular Formation (s)

1

Temporal Lobe (s)

14

Thalamus (s)

2

Wernicke’s Area (s)