3.2 Cerebral Cortex: Forebrain

Question 1

Basal Ganglia function

Answer 1

Controls Movement

Question 2

Limbic System

Answer 2

Amygdala, hippocampus. Olfactory bulb

Question 3

Olfactory Bulb function

Answer 3

Smell

Question 4

Hippocampus function

Answer 4

New Memory

Question 5

Amygdala function

Answer 5

intense rage, fear

Question 6

Hypothalamus function

Answer 6

Homeostasis, emotion via hormones

Question 7

Thalamus function

Answer 7

sensory relay

Question 8

Cerebral Cortex contents

Answer 8

Four lobes, convolutions, Corpus Callosum, Laminae

Question 9

Corpus Callosum function

Answer 9

Conveys information between hemispheres

Question 10

Convolutions

Answer 10

Gyrus: bump, Sulcus: crack, Fissure: deep crack

Question 11

Laminae and Columns define

Answer 11

Laminae: layers of cell bodies perpendicular to cortex. Columns: Layers of cell bodies perpendicular to laminae

Question 12

Occipital Lobe function and contents

Answer 12

Visual Cortex

Question 13

Parietal Lobe function and contents

Answer 13

Sensory processing; somatosensory cortex (AKA postcentral gyrus)

Question 14

Temporal Lobe function and contents

Answer 14

Auditory Cortex; Wernicke’s Area, Emotional/Motivated behavior

Question 15

Frontal Lobe contents

Answer 15

Motor Cortex, Broca’s Area, Prefrontal Cortex

Question 16

Motor Cortex function

Answer 16

Initiates movement

Question 17

Somatosensory Cortex function

Answer 17

Receives Sensory Information

Question 18

Prefrontal Cortex function

Answer 18

Complex through, working memory, emotional reactions, decision making, impulse control, “personality”

Question 19

Auditory Cortex function and contents

Answer 19

Auditory Processing ; Broca’s Area & Wernicke’s Area

Question 20

Broca’s Area

Answer 20

Generating Language (Left)

Question 21

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 21

Understanding Language (Left)