What are the responsibilities of the region of the brain highlighted below? a. controlling voluntary body movements, processing information from sense organs, thoughts, and learning abilities. b. regulating important involuntary bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and swallowing. c. regulating the body’s homeostasis, hunger and eating, thirst and drinking, and other functions of basic survival. d. coordinating movement and balance by using information from sensory nerves, including hand-eye coordination.

Controlling voluntary body movements, processing information from sense organs, thoughts, and learning abilities.

1: the largest region of the brain is the:

  cerebrum

2. the term "psychology" literally means:

the process or procedure of the science or study of the mind.

3. the area of the brain responsible for respiration, heart rate, and smooth muscle control of our blood vessels is t

medulla oblongata

4. the structure that conducts nerve impulses to and from the brain and serves as a reflex center for some sensory information without input from the brain is the:

spinal cord

5. the three-layered membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord and literally means membrane is called the:

meninges

6. the cord-like (string-like) structures that carry bio-electrical impulses from one part of the body to another are called

nerves

7. a group of nerve cell bodies that are found outside of the spinal cord and brain are referred to as:

ganglions or ganglia (pl.) “literal meaning knot”

8. the term that means spinal cord inflammation is:

myel/itis

the correct answer is 2 and 4