Structure & Function of the Brain Webquest Name:

Task 1: Brain 101 Video

Use any method below to watch the Brain 101 video by National Geographic on
YouTube. As you watch the video, answer the following questions.
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Full URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRFXSjkpKWA

1. How many pounds does the average adult brain weigh? 3 pounds
2. List 5 functions that the cerebrum controls. learning, reasoning, speech, sight and hearing
3. What is the cerebellum responsible for? carries signals to other parts of the brain and spinal cord
4. What are the 3 parts of the brain stem? pons, midbrain, and medulla oblongata
5. What are the 3 parts of the diencephalon? thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary gland
6. What is the function of the blood-brain barrier? A wall that only allows specific types of chemicals
to go from the bloodstream to the brain
7. What are two ways to preserve brain health? staying physically active and having a balanced diet
8. Label the cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem, and diencephalon on the diagram below.

cerebrum
Task 2: Anatomy and Function of the Brain
Use any method below to complete
the Brain Anatomy and Function
interactive from the WISC Online
website.
cerebellum
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Full URL: https://www.wisc- diencephalon
online.com/learn/natural-science/science- brainstem
biology/mea5618/the-brain---anatomy-and-
function

Complete the table below during this interactive.

Parts of the Brain

How would someone with an

Part Function injury to this part be
affected?
Helps coordinate movement and muscles
walking or moving
9. Cerebellum unsteadiness
hand eye coordination

sends sensory information including what we hear, touch A state of altered consciousness
and taste, integrates sensory information with an perceptual losses
10. Thalamus
emotional response. critical in regulating our sleeping
and waking cycles
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 How would someone with an
Part Function injury to this part be
affected?
regulates metabolism, automatic nervous system, hormone imbalance
regulates thirst, body temperature, sleep cycles, and inability to control body temperature
11. Hypothalamus
appetite, monitors hormones, blood pressure, fight decreased ability to adapt to change
or flight response and emotions

sensitive to changes in ight, works with other sections problems sleeping

of brain to produce melatonin, may affect the onset suppressed immune system
12. Epithalamus
of puberty, stimulates immune system when sick may experience SAD and depression

loss of smell, emotional control,

Responsible for our oldest emotions, attitudes, motivation,
13. Limbic problems with sleep and appetite
drive, and social bonding, influences sexual activity,
System depression, social bonding and
biological rhythms , integrates our recent memories
memory

processes smells,, works with with limbic system loss of sense of smell
to connect smells with emotions
14. Olfactory Bulb

heart of limbic system, regulates heartbeat, visceral agitation, loss of emotional control,
activity, emotional response mood, fear response
15. Amygdala

necessary for storing new memories as they occur May not be able to develop new
16. Hippocampus memories

movement, body posture, equilibrium, ANS, body loss of consciousness, abnormal

17. Midbrain functions blood pressure, body temperature, emotional extensor tone, hyperventilation,
(stem) influences consciousness cranial nerve deficits

central bridge, affects respiration, chewing taste problems with breathing, taste, awakeness,
and alertness a semi coma, problems with alertness
18. Pons (stem)

controls heart, respiratory and vasomotor functions, Be comatose, problems of breathing,

19. Medulla affects ability to cough, gag swallow, vomit and not have a gag reflex, not be able to
(stem) digest food cough

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Task 3: Anatomy of the Brain Interactive
Use any method below to access the Interactive Brain from the WETA website. Use the
information found in this interactive to label the diagram and answer the questions
below.
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Full URL: https://www.brainline.org/tbi-basics/interactive-
brain?gclid=CjwKCAjwjZmTBhB4EiwAynRmD_DBVY_gVyZipD0UsTi7eTybKE45jd-
tSzaHHs3ULP1m697RKZYswxoCTmAQAvD_BwE

20. Click on Lateral View. Label and summarize the roles of four lobes of the brain on the diagram.

Parietal Lobe:
Frontal Lobe:
Helps process information
Controls executive functions
-Touch and taste
-consciousness
-Hot and cold
-use of language
-When we´re in pain
-memory
-How we move about, right from left
-motivation
-attention span
occipital lobe:
affects how we see the world
Temporal Lobe: Helps visually process and
Helps create and preserve understand what we see
memories.
How we process sounds
our sense of smell

21. Click through the interactive. What is the role of the pituitary gland?
regulates bodily fluids, such as development and functions

Match the correct lobe to the problems one may experience if that lobe was damaged.
22. D Inability to recognize or locate parts of the body A. Occipital Lobe
23. B Hearing loss, language and sensory problems B. Temporal Lobe
24. A Visual field defects, distorted perception of color and shape C. Frontal Lobe
25. C Emotions, impulses, language and memory problems D. Parietal Lobe

Extension Activity
Have you ever wondered about what happens when someone has a concussion? Use
any method below to watch the How Do Concussions Work video by Ted Ed. Then,
discuss how a concussion can affect the brain.
Tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/56jc2ud5
Full URL: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-you-have-a-concussion-
clifford-robbins#watch

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