Question

What are the four main parts of the fore brain? Give the function of each part.

b.What are the three parts of the mid brain and their functions?

c.Which part of the human brain is responsible for: intelligence and memory, adjustment movement and posture, smell?

Answer 1

Answer:

The forebrain consists of the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus.

Functions:

1) Cerebrum -  responsible for complex functions like inter sensory associations, memory, and communications.  

2) Thalamus - it is the major coordinating center for sensory and motor signaling.  

3) Hypothalamus - it contains a number of centers which control body temperature, urge for eating, and drinking.

b. There are three main parts of the midbrain - the colliculi, the tegmentum, and the cerebral peduncles. Of the 12 cranial nerves, two thread directly from the midbrain - the oculomotor and trochlear nerves, responsible for eye and eyelid movement.

c. The sides of the brain, temporal lobes are involved in short-term memory, speech, musical rhythm and some degree of smell recognition.