29/30 Cerebral Cortex Flashcards
interconnect cortical areas within the same hemisphere
ASSOCIATION FIbers
Arcuate Fasciculus /cingulum
interconnect cortical areas between the two hemispheres
COMMISSURAL Fibers
corpus callosum and anterior commissure
interconnect the cortex with subcortical areas; these fibers are in the corona radiata and bundled together in the internal capsule
PROJECTION fibers
Main output neuron in cerebral cortex =
PYRAMIDAL Cells
tiny interneurons /// receptive cells of cerebral cortex
GRANULE/STELLATE Cells
The cerebral cortex is divided into
Allocortex and Neocortex
the MOST PRIMITIVE cortex; only in 3 layers =
located in primary olfactory cortex (UNCUS) / hippocampal formation
ALLOCORTEX
6 layered cortex, close association with thalamus
NEOCORTEX
The Neocortex has HOMOtypical/HETEROtypical cortex:
There are TWO types of HETEROtypical cortex
GRANULAR and AGRANULAR
What type of heterotypical cortex is present in the PRIMARY SENSORY Areas
GRANULAR
less pyramidal
which heterotypical cortex is present in the primary MOTOR cortex
Has the MOST PYRAMIDAL CELLS
AGRANULAR heterotypical cortex
The areas of the cortex with the MOST granular cells:
Primary Somatosensory
Primary Auditory
primary visual
primary motor or sensory regions that receive input from specific relay nuclei of the thalamus; lesions here result in weakness or diminished sensation
primary cortical areas
motor planning, judgment, cognition, language, behavior
PREFRONTAL Cortex
emotion and memoty
LIMBIC Association cortex
in most people, which hemisphere is DOMINANT
LEFT
TOUCHY FEELY LOBE
PARIETAL LOBE
What cortex is located in the postcentral gyrus and the posterior portion of the paracentral lobule
PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX
damage to what cortex causes CONTRALATERAL LOSS OF DISCRIMINATIVE SENSES
Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Damage results in a CONTRALATERAL loss of discriminative sensations from the face, hand, arm and trunk if what area is damaged
POSTCENTRAL Gyrus
Damage results in a CONTRALATERAL Loss of discriminative sensations from the LEG/FOOT if what area is damaged
Paracentral lobule
Damage to the somatosensory Association cortex results in
TACTILE AGNOSIA
inability to recognize an object by shape or texture
astereognosis
Agnosia Apraxia, and Aphasia are associated with damage to
ASSOCIATION cortex