4C The cerebral cortex

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The cerebral cortex

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The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of grey matterthat lies on top of your cerebrum

Part of the forebrain

Question 2

Frontal lobe

Answer 2

Largest lobe

Divided into
Prefrontal cortex
Premotor cortex
Primary motor cortex
Broca’s area

Question 3

Pre frontal cortex

Answer 3

Association area
Involved in thoughts, feelings,behavioursas well as motor movement

Question 4

Premotor cortex

Answer 4

Motor area
Receives information about planned motor movements from prefrontal cortex and uses this to make a sequence of movements

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Primary motor cortex

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Motor area
Receives information from premotor cortex on sequence of movements and sends this to the cerebellum to send to the muscles involved

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Broca’s area

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Association area
Involved in coordinating muscle movements related to the production of speech

Only located in the cerebral hemisphere

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Parietal lobe

Answer 7

Behind the frontal lobe
Receives and processes sensory stimuli

Contains:
Primary somatosensory cortex

Question 8

Primary somatosensory cortex

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Sensory area
Involved in receiving and processing touch,

The amount of cortex devoted to a body part indicates the relative sensitivity and use of that body part

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Occipital lobe

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Rearmost lobe in the cerebral cortex
Selects, organizes and then integrates visual information with other parts of the brain

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Primary visual cortex

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Visual information from the retina is sent to the primary visual cortex via the optic nerve to be processed

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Temporal lobe

Answer 11

Lowest lobe in the cerebral cortex
Involved in memory and object recognition

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Primary auditory cortex

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Receives and processes auditory information

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Wernicke’s area

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Involved in the comprehension of speech as well as the production of coherent and meaningful speech