level: Brain
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Brain
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happens when you sense something? | Sensory neurons send the info to the brain, which then sends it down via motor neurons to react |
| What does it mean when a part of the brain is closer to the spinal cord? | It means the function will be more basic. |
| What are the main parts of the brain called? There are 5 | Parietal Lobe, Frontal lobe, Temporal lobe, occipital lobe and Cerebellum |
| What is the purpose of the Thalamus? | It acts as a router, sorting data and sending it to specific parts of the brain |
| Cerebellum purpose? | Body control, motion and memory. |
| Hypothalamus purpose? | Homeostasis and controlling the posterior pituitary gland. |
| Cerebrum purpose? | Integration of data, left hemisphere for reasoning, thinking and right hemisphere for processing, facial recognition etc. |