Activity A: Parts of the Brain
Write the part of the brain that best fits the descriptions below.
| 1._____________________ | Largest and most superior region |
| 2._____________________ | Emotional brain |
| 3._____________________ | Recognizes fear |
| 4._____________________ | Wake, sleep, thirst and hunger centers |
| 5._____________________ | Houses the superior and inferior colliculi |
| 6._____________________ | Houses pneumotaxic and apneustic centers |
| 7._____________________ | Houses cardiac and vasomotor centers |
| 8._____________________ | Sneezing, coughing, hiccuping reflexes |
| 9._____________________ | Controls balance and equilibrium |
| 10._____________________ | Houses the pineal gland |
| 11._____________________ | Control center of the Autonomic Nervous System | 11._____________________ | Outermost layer is the cerebral cortex |
Activity B: Areas of the Cerebral Cortex
Write the area of the cerebral cortex that best fits the description below:| 1._____________________ | Located in the precentral gyrus |
| 2._____________________ | Learned motor skills |
| 3._____________________ | Directs muscles used in speech production |
| 4._____________________ | Voluntary eye scanning movements |
| 5._____________________ | Directs skeletal muscle movement on the opposite side of the body |
| 6._____________________ | Recieves input from receptors in skin and from proprioceptors |
| 7._____________________ | Uses past visual experiences to help interpert present visual experiences |
| 8._____________________ | Intellect, learning ability and personality |
| 8._____________________ | Conscious awareness of different odors |
Activity C: Cranial Nerves
Write the name of the Cranial nerve that best fits the description below:| 1._____________________ | Cranial nerve III |
| 2._____________________ | Numbed while having your teeth worked on |
| 3._____________________ | Facial expression, tears |
| 4._____________________ | Autonomic function only |
| 5._____________________ | Arise from the medulla (More than one answer) |
| 6._____________________ | Equilibrium and hearing |
| 7._____________________ | Chewing |
| 8._____________________ | Double vision if nerve is damaged |
| 8._____________________ | Injury to nerve decreases tasting and swallowing ability |
| 8._____________________ | Trouble shrugging shoulders if nerve damaged |
| 8._____________________ | Difficulty speeching and swallowing if nerve is damaged |