BP Exam 4 SET 1: Brain Areas

Where is the medulla located?

hindbrain, base of brainstem

what does the medulla do?

Vital autonomic control

(breathing, HR, BP)

where is the pons located?

hindbrain, above medulla

what does the pons do?

nerve signal relay for regulation of: 

• sleep

• breathing

• movement

where is the cerebellum located?

hindbrain, rear of brain

what does the cerebellum do?

• coordination

• motor learning

• balance

where is the midbrain (tectum and tegmentum)?

above pons

what does the midbrain do (tectum and tegmentum)?

sensory orientation and basic motor control

where is the superior colliculus?

midbrain (dorsal tectum)

what does the superior colliculus do?

visual orienting reflexes

where is the inferior colliculus?

midbrain (dorsal tectum)

what does the inferior colliculus do?

auditory reflexes and sound localization

where is the thalamus?

forebrain, above hypothalamus

what does the thalamus do?

sensory relay to cortex (all but smell)

where is the hypothalamus?

forebrain, below thalamus

what does the hypothalamus do?

• hormones

• homeostasis

• motivated behaviors

where is the basal ganglia?

forebrain, lateral to thalamus

what does the basal ganglia do?

movement selection and procedural learning

where is the hippocampus?

medial temporal lobe

what does the hippocampus do?

memory consolidation and spatial navigation

where is the amygdala?

medial temporal lobe

what does the amygdala do?

fear/emotion processing

where is the prefrontal cortex?

frontal lobe

what does the prefrontal cortex do?

• planning

• decision-making

• inhibition

• working memory

where is the primary motor cortex (precentral gyrus)?

frontal lobe

what does the primary motor cortex (precentral gyrus) do?

voluntary movement

where is the primary somatosensory cortex (postcentral gyrus)?

parietal lobe

what does the primary somatosensory cortex (postcentral gyrus) do?

touch and body sensation

where is the primary visual cortex (V1)?

occipital lobe

what does the primary visual cortex (V1) do?

basic visual processing

where is the primary auditory cortex (A1)?

temporal lobe

what does the primary auditory cortex (A1) do?

hearing perception

where is the corpus callosum?

connects hemispheres

what does the corpus callosum do?

communication b/w hemispheres