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Weber- Anatomy and Physiology

Worksheet- The Parts and Functions of the Brain

On the Neuroscience for Kids homepage:



click on “Explore the Nervous System”, then click on “Brain Basics” and then “Divisions of the Nervous System”. Scroll down the page to “Brain Structures”.

Part 1: The Cerebral Cortex

1. How does the meaning of the word “cortex” relate to the anatomy of the cerebral cortex?

2. List the functions of the cerebral cortex:

Go back to “Brain Basics” and click on “Our Divided Brain: Lobes of the Brain”.

3. What is the advantage of the cerebral cortex having folds created by gyri and sulci?

4. For each of the four lobes of the brain, describe its location and list its functions:

Location Function

Frontal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Temporal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Go back to “Brain Basics” and click on “Functional Divisions of the Cerebral Cortex”.

5. Where are language centers found within the cerebral cortex?

6. Look carefully at the image of the cerebral cortex. Write the area of the cortex involved in each of the following functions:

a) detection of sound quality ________________________________

b) initiation of voluntary movement ________________________________

c) speech production and articulation ________________________________

d) coordination of complex movement ________________________________

e) complex processing of visual information __________________________

f) problem solving, emotion, complex thought __________________________

g) receiving tactile information (sense of touch) from the body ______________

h) detection of simple visual stimuli _______________________________

i) language comprehension _______________________________

Go back to “Brain Basics” and click on “Brain Size/Cerebral Cortex”. Scroll down the page to “The Primary Somatosensory Cortex”

7. Look carefully at the diagram of the primary somatosensory cortex located behind the central sulcus. What is the function of this portion of the cerebral cortex?

8. In the 1950’s, a neurosurgeon named Dr. Penfield, drew the map of the human somatosensory cortex. How was the map created?

9. What parts of the body take up a good portion of the primary somatosensory cortex?

10. What does the word “homunculus” mean? What is a homunculus?

Part 2: Other Parts of the Brain

Go back to “Brain Basics” and click on “Divisions of the Nervous System”. Scroll down to “Brain Structures”.

11. What does the word, “cerebellum” mean and where is it located?

12. What structures are found within the brainstem?

13. Where is the hypothalamus located? What is its size?

14. Write the name of the part of the brain involved in each of the following functions:

a) breathing, heart rate, blood pressure ________________________________

b) memory ________________________________

c) vision, eye and body movement ________________________________

d) movement, balance and posture ________________________________

e) control of body temp, hunger, thirst ________________________________

f) emotions ________________________________

g) sensory processing, movement ________________________________

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