Areas Of The Brain Flashcards
Broca’s Area
Plans out motor movements
Areas of the Brain
1) Broca’s Area
2) Premotor Area
3) Prefrontal Area
4) Frontal Lobe
5) Primary Motor Cortex
6) Primary Somatosensory Cortex
7) Parietal Lobe
8) Supramarginal Gyrus
9) Angular Gyrus
10) Occipital Lobe
11) Primary Auditory Cortex
12) Primary Visual Cortex
13) Wernicke’s Area
14) Temporal Lobe
Premotor Area
Speech motor planning
Expressive language
Prefrontal Area
Executive Functions
Frontal Lobe
1) Language Expression
2) Motor Movement Planning
3) Executive Functions
Primary Motor Cortex
Initiates Motor Movement
Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Processes all incoming sensory information
Parietal Lobe
1) Reception of sensory information
2) Comprehension of written material
Supramarginal Gyrus
Motor planning for speech
Angular Gyrus
Comprehension of written material
Occipital Lobe
Vision
Primary Auditory Cortex
Processes incoming acoustic information
Primary Visual Cortex
Processes incoming visual images and colors
Wernicke’s Area
Receptive Language/Auditory Processing
Temporal Lobe
1) Language Comprehension
2) Hearing
3) Memory & Learning
4) Emotional Responses
