Human Biology - Nervous System Quiz

STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN:

• Brain Stem

  • controls heart rate

  • breathing

  • controls blood pressure

  • consciousness and sleep !!

• Cerebellum - ALSO CONSIDERED THE MINI BRAIN !!

  • deals with coordination and balance of the body

    • vision and eye movement

• Thalamus

  • processes all sensory information as it comes from the spinal cord

  • your bodys relay station

• Frontal Lobe

  • controls voluntary muscle movement

  • logical problem solving

• Parietal Lobe

  • processes the sense of touch

• Occipital Lobe

  • processes visual information

• Temporal Lobe

  • processes auditory (hearing) information

• Amygdala

  • identifies problems and deals with stress

  • emotional memory - including feelings

• Hippocampus

  • helps to form memories

  • helps with learning