Brain WebquestNamePeriod

Website 1:

  • Click on the “3-D brain” tab on the right side of the screen
  • Use the arrows to view the brain from different angles
  • Hover over each lobe to label the diagram below:

  • Click on the drop down arrow next to “whole brain”
  • Hover over each region of the brainstem to see its name
  1. What functions are associated with the brain stem? ______
  • Click on cerebellum
  1. What functions are associated with the cerebellum? ______
  • Click on corpus callosum
  1. The corpus callosum allows information to move between ______and is therefore a very important integrative structure.
  • Click on prefrontal cortex
  1. What functions are associated with the prefrontal cortex? ______
  2. What cognitive disorders have been associated with dysfunctions of the prefrontal cortex? ______
  • Click on hypothalamus
  1. The hypothalamus plays a major role in the body's response to ______and is a cornerstone of the hypothalamic–______–adrenal (HPA) axis.
  • Click on thalamus
  1. The thalamus is heavily involved in relaying information between the ______and ______and within different cortical structures.
  • Click on Broca’s area
  1. Where is Broca’s area located in 97% of humans? ______
  • Click on parietal lobe
  1. What functions are associated with the parietal lobe? ______

Click on close window in the upper left corner

Select a disorder that interests you from the list of disorders at the top of the page

  1. Write one or two sentences describing the disorder ______
  2. What regions of the brain are involved in this disorder? ______

Website 2:

Quiz yourself: without looking at the diagram you labeled earlier, see if you can name all of the regions of this brain by color. (Click the switch above “rotate” to stop the rotations)

  • Yellow:
  • Purple:
  • Blue:
  • Orange:
  • Green:
  • Pink:

Scroll down through the notes on the left to answer the following questions:

  1. Higher mental processes occur in the ______. Who we are – our personality – lives here. It sits above the ______and ______. The lower structures control muscles and basic ______.
  2. The outer layer of the cerebrum (cerebral cortex) is a sheet of ______matter. Made of nerve cell bodies, it is folded into bulges (______) and grooves (______) so it fits inside the skull.

Website 3:

Scroll down to “The Brain and Cranial Nerves” click on “sagittal section of brain, medial view

  1. Is the pineal gland located posteriorly or anteriorly to the hypothalamus?

Website 4:

In the search bar, type “sense of hearing” and click on the sense of hearing lesson

  1. The ear drum, or ______membrane, vibrates in response to sound waves.
  2. What are the names of the three middle ear bones, or ossicles?
  1. The ossicles magnify the vibrations from the ear drum and transmit them to the inner ear through a hole called the ______.
  1. The snail shaped structure of the inner ear is called the ______.
  1. Auditory sensations are carried from the cochlea to the ______. These sensations then proceed to the ______on their way to their final destination in the ______lobe.

Website 5:

  • Play the Brain Jigsaw and Match-a-Brain games