The Nervous System Questions & Answers

1.  What part of the brain connects to the spinal cord?
          Medulla Oblongata

2.  What are the three parts of the brain stem?
          Medulla Oblongata, Pons, and Midbrain

3.  What do the nuclei attached to the brain stem control?
          Heart rate, blood pressure, level of consciousness, and respiration

4.  What does “cerebellum” mean in Latin?
          Little brain

5.  What does the cerebellum control?
          Balance, muscle tone, and coordination

6.  What does the thalamus control?
          Sleep, coordinates information from sensory systems, wakefulness

7.  What is the biggest part of your brain called?
          Cerebrum

8.  What does the cerebrum control?
          Memory, thinking, language, emotion, movement, consciousness, and sensory perception

9.  What are ridges and grooves of the cerebrum called?
          The ridges are called gyri, and the grooves are called sulci

10.  How many lobes does your brain have?
          Four

11.  What is the frontal lobe important for?
          Planning, decision-making, and problem-solving

12.  What is the temporal lobe important for?
          Memory, language, hearing, and emotion

13.  What is the parietal lobe important for?
          Receives and processes sensory information

14.  What is the occipital lobe important for?
          Vision