ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 1

• aka “Executive Function”
• Problem Solving
• Concentration & Reasoning
• Planning & Organizing
• Personality, Behavior & Mood; Regulates Emotion

Answer 1

FRONTAL LOBE

Question 2

TWO IMPORTANT PARTS OF FRONTAL LOBE

Answer 2

1. Broca’s Area
   - controls EXPRESSIVE speech
   - If damaged, think “BROKEN” - can understand speech but speech is disjointed.
2. Motor Area
   - AKA primary motor cortex
   - control VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT

Question 3

THINK “Piranha” > The piranha is biting the parietal lobe which is extremely sensitive!

• sensations…. “piranha”
• perception > body awareness
• Attention
• Calculations

Answer 3

PARIETAL LOBE

Question 4

MAIN FUNCTION OF PARIETAL LOBE

Answer 4

1. Sensory Area
   - processing sensory information!
   - temperature
   - pressure, touch
   - smell, pain, taste

Question 5

• Think: “Tempo”
• hearing & attention
• storing verbal and visual memories
• short and long-term memory
• helps with some balance
• THINK: your ear has hearing and balance characteristics
• Understanding language

Answer 5

TEMPORAL LOBE

Question 6

IMPORTANT PART OF TEMPORAL LOBE

Answer 6

1. Wernicke’s Area
   - Receptive Speech
   - Controls language comprehension
   - if DAMAGED, think: “Wernicke is crappy” - unable to understand and respond to what people are saying

Question 7

• Consciousness
• Breathing
• HR

Answer 7

BRAIN STEM

Question 8

• AKA: mini brain
• balance, coordination, rhythm
• Proprioception
• Posture, Movement

Answer 8

CEREBELLUM

Question 9

• THINK: OPTIC
• Visual system
• Visual information
• Process Visual + Perception of Shapes and Sizes

Answer 9

OCCIPITAL