Areas of the brain Flashcards
Primary motor Cortex
Frontal lobe
Conscious control of precise skilled voluntary movement
Premotor cortex
Frontal
- Plans movement
- Sequences complex movements - like typing
-Coordinates movement of multiple muscle groups
Brocas
Frontal
- Motor speech area
Frontal eye field
Frontal
- Voluntary eye movement
Primary Somatosensory cortex
Parietal
Receives input from skin and proprioceptors
Somatosensory association area
Parietal
- Integrates sensory inputs to produce an understanding of size and texture
Keys or coins in your pocket
Visual area
Occipital
Receives visual information from the retina
Visual association area
Occipital
- Uses past visual experience to process visual
Allows us to recognize faces, colours, patterns etc
Primary auditory cortex
Temporal
Receives auditory input
Auditory association
Temporal
- Perceives raw sound
* Voice
* Music
Thunder
Olfactory cortex
Parietal
Part of rhinocephalon
Vestibular cortex
Insula
Conscious awareness of balance
Gustatory
Insula
Taste
Visceral sensory cortex
Insula
- Visceral sensation
* Full bladder
Upset stomach
Thalamus
Relay station for cerebral cortex
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Mediates sensation, motor activites
Hypothalamus
Main Visceral control of body
Controls ANS to maintain Homeostasis
Initiates physical responses to emotions (heart of the limbic system)
Regulation - body temp, food and water intake, sleep wake cycles
Epithalamus
Visible externally as the pineal gland
regulates sleep cycle
