How we mapped the working brain

Science · The Human Body · ages 15-16

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Which lobe serves vision?
- Temporal lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Occipital lobe
Which part tunes balance and movement?
- Cerebellum
- Brainstem
- Occipital lobe
A hurt patch plus a faded skill shows that patch matters for the skill.
Circle one: True False
Which job sits with the brainstem?
- Breathing and heartbeat
- Planning and choice
- Vision and color
A patient loses speech after a frontal injury but still sees well. What may you claim?
- Vision lives only in front of the brain
- The hurt patch matters for speech
- Speech needs no brain region
Why do surgeons map speech before cutting nearby?
- The anesthetic only works with maps
- Speech lives in the skull bone
- Speech paths may cross the route and spare room is tiny
The main barrier to brain surgery is that the organ is important.
Circle one: True False
Two patients share one hurt patch, yet only one loses naming. What follows?
- Damage evidence never matters at all
- One case cannot stand for every brain
- One of the two scans must be fake

Answer key

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Occipital lobe · The occipital lobe at the back serves vision.
Cerebellum · The cerebellum tunes balance and movement.
True · That link is what damage evidence can show.
Breathing and heartbeat · The brainstem runs breathing and heartbeat.
The hurt patch matters for speech · You may link the patch to speech, nothing wider.
Speech paths may cross the route and spare room is tiny · Vital paths cross the packed brain, so mapping guides the cut.
False · The barrier is its build, not its rank.
One case cannot stand for every brain · Brains differ, so one case cannot speak for all.