3.2 the cerebral cortex

Question 1

name the layers of the brain

Answer 1

The central core (medulla and cerebellum)
The limbic system
The cerebral cortex (outer layer)

Question 2

what is the cerebral cortex

Answer 2

This is the centre of conscious thought (intelligence, imagination etc) It recalls behaviour in light of experience.

Question 3

Name and describe what is contained in the cerebral cortex?

Answer 3

Sensory areas - receive impulses from the body’s receptors and send them to association areas
association areas - analyse and interpret impulses and ‘take decisions’ if necessary (language, processing etc)
Motor areas - receive info from association areas and send impulses to effectors to bring about a response.

Question 3

Name and describe what is contained in the cerebral cortex?

Answer 3

Sensory areas - receive impulses from the body’s receptors and send them to association areas
association areas - analyse and interpret impulses and ‘take decisions’ if necessary (language, processing etc)
Motor areas - receive info from association areas and send impulses to effectors to bring about a response.

Question 4

what is the corpus callosum

Answer 4

Connect the two hemisphere by a large bundle of nerve fibres called the corpus callosum which allows information to be transferred between them.