Nervous System Coloring Activities Question Sheet

Overview of the Brain Coloring Activities Question Sheet Assignment: Read the overview on the Coloring Activity and color when instructed to do so. Then answer the questions below.

1. The four major regions of the brain are the ______, ______, ______, and the ______.

2. All conscious behaviors occur in this the largest part of the brain, the ______, and this is divided into two______hemispheres. The surface of this brain section is highly folded into upward folds called______and downward folds called ______.

3. The second major part of the brain is the diencephalon. It consists of the ______, which is a relay station for sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex. A second part of the diencephalon is the______, which produces hormones stored in the posterior pituitary gland. It receives impulses from the ______and visceral areas and helps maintain ______in the body.

4. The______is the second largest part of the brain. It helps to ______and control______initiated by the cerebrum.

5. The final major part of the brain is the______which is continuous with the______.

6. The brain stem consists of three parts. The______has fibers that carry ______impulses from the spinal cord to the______and ______impulses from the cerebral cortex back to the spinal cord.

7. The______and ______make up the other two parts of the brain stem. These two are also considered the respiratory center and regulate the rhythm and rate of______. See p. 441&442 of your text.

8. The ______carry signals between the two cerebral hemispheres.