Question

Name the part of the brain which performs the following functions:

a) Sensation of feeling full

b) Vomiting

c) Riding a bicycle

d) Picking up a pencil

Answer 1

a) The sensation of feeling full or a state of being sated is controlled by the ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus.

b) The vomiting is controlled by two distinct brain centres, the vomiting centre and the chemoreceptor trigger zone, both located in the medulla oblongata.

c) Riding a bicycle involves balancing and the function of body balance is controlled by the cerebellum.

d) Picking up of a pencil is controlled by the primary motor cortex of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.