09.1 Higher Cortical Function Flashcards
What functions does the frontal lobe have?
Motor control Expression of speech (left) Behavioural regulation/judgement Cognition Eye movements (tracking objects) Continence
What functions does the parietal lobe have?
Sensory Body image (right) Externeal environmental awareness (right) Calculation and writing (left) Visual pathway project through
What functions does the temporal lobe have?
Hearing Comprehension of speech (left) Olfaction Memory Emotion Visual pathways project through
What connects the left and right cerebrum?
Corpus callosum
What functions do the left and right cerebral hemispheres have?
Left - Language +maths/logic
Right - Visuospatial awareness, body image, emotion, music
Which lobe do the language pathways primarily work in?
Left hemisphere
Which area is focused on the production of speech?
Broca’s area
Which area is focused on the interpretation of language?
Wernicke’s area
What connects Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas?
Arcuate fasciuculus
What is the pathway for repeating a heard word?
Primary auditory area
Wernicke’s area
Broca’s area
Motor Cortex
What is the pathway for speaking a written word?
Primary visual cortex
Wernicke’s area
Broca’s area
Motor cortex
What is the pathway for speaking a thought?
All over the cerebrum
Wernicke’s area
Broca’s area
Motor cortex
Describe Wernicke’s aphasia
Fluent yet unintelligible speech
Fluent aphasia
Descibe Broca’s aphasia
Poorly constructed sentences that are disjointed
The meaning is there and is fine though
What is declaritive memory?
Names of objects, recognition, remembering events
