Name that Region!!!! 1. Which part of the brainstem would you miss if you were in a dust storm and could not sneeze? 2.Your parents claim that your raging hormones are out of control. Which part of the brain can you blame your raging hormones on? 3. If you damaged this region of the brain the regulation of motor messages would be affected. 4.Lindsey Lohan fell off of the sobriety wagon and is once again a drunk mess. TMZ reporters saw her stumbling from bar to bar on the LA strip. Which region of her brain is affected? 5. My 35th birthday is just around the corner and I am having a hard time getting to sleep (I keep having nightmares of waking up with grey hair). I feel like my body’s biological clock is out of whack and the lack of sleep is killing me! Which region of my brain is affected? 6. Mike Tyson has knocked out several boxers during his career. When someone is knocked out he/she loses consciousness. Which region of the brain is affected when someone is knocked out? 7. Your appetite is out of control and you can not stop eating! Which region of your brain is affected? 8. If this region of your body is damaged you may become a paraplegic or a quadriplegic. Which area of the body am I referring to? 9. Which region of the brain allows both hemispheres of the brain to communicate? 10.Which part of the brain includes the midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata? 11.Your friend claims that her daily patterns are in disarray and thinks that something could be wrong. Which region of her brain could be damaged? 12.The frontal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe and the parietal lobe are part of which region of the brain? Answer Key 1.Medulla oblongata 2.Pituitary Gland 3.Pons 4.Cerebellum 5.Pineal Gland 6.Reticular Formation 7.Hypothalamus 8.Spinal Cord 9.Corpus Callosum 10.Brain Stem 11.Midbrain 12.Cerebrum