The Brain revision

Match the following: Which part of the brain is responsible for:

• Left primary motor cortex

• Recognising a song from the first two chords

• Left hemisphere

• Moving your right hand to high five someone

• Right hemisphere

• Comprehension of language

• Temporal lobe

• Spatial and visual thinking

• Wernicke's area

• Logical thinking

Label the brain

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Occipital lobe

Primary visual cortex

Broca's area

Primary somatosensory cortex

Frontal lobe

Parietal lobe

Primary auditory cortex

Wernicke's area

Temporal lobe

Primary motor cortex

Which of the following functions is primarily associated with the frontal lobe of the brain?

• Visual processing

• Long-term memory storage

• Motor control and voluntary movements

• Auditory perception

What specific function is predominantly regulated by the primary motor cortex?

• Language comprehension

• Spatial reasoning

• Auditory discrimination

• Voluntary muscle movements

Which of the following functions is linked to the parietal lobe of the brain?

• Emotional regulation

• Visual processing and perception

• Sensory integration and perception of touch, pressure, and pain

• Language production and comprehension

Which brain region is primarily responsible for sensing and interpreting the texture, pressure, and temperature of objects we touch?

• Occipital lobe

• Cerebellum

• Primary somatosensory cortex

• Hippocampus

Which brain region is primarily involved in understanding and comprehending language?

• Broca's area

• Wernicke's area

• Amygdala

• Hypothalamus

Which brain region plays a vital role in regulating basic bodily functions such as hunger, thirst, temperature regulation, and sleep?

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Cerebellum

• Hypothalamus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which brain structure is responsible for regulating sleep-wake cycles, attention, and consciousness?

• Reticular formation

• Corpus callosum

• Medulla oblongata

• Thalamus

Which brain structure acts as a relay station for sensory information, directing it to the appropriate areas of the cerebral cortex for processing?

• Cerebellum

• Thalamus

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus