Areas of the Cerebral Cortex

Question 1

Name the four lobes

Answer 1

Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal

Question 2

What is the primary motor area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 2

Initiates voluntary movement. Located in the frontal lobe

Question 3

What is the premotor area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 3

Controls a sequence of motor activities such as driving. Located in the frontal lobe

Question 4

What is Broca’s area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 4

Directs muscles involved in speech production. Located in the frontal lobe

Question 5

What is the anterior association area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 5

Concerns, personality, intelligence and initiative. Located in the frontal lobe

Question 6

What is the primary somatic sensory area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 6

Receives nerve impulses for touch, itching, vibration, temperature and pain. Located in the parietal lobe

Question 7

What is the somatic sensory association area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 7

Allows for identification of an object being touched using stored memory and past experiences of an object. Located in the parietal lobe

Question 8

What is Wernicke’s area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 8

Interprets the meaning of speech by recognising spoken words. Located in the parietal lobe

Question 9

Where is the primary auditory area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 9

Receives nerve impulses from the ear to determine such as pitch, loudness and location. Located in the temporal lobe

Question 10

Where is the auditory association area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 10

Allows identification of a sound as speech, music or noise. Located in the temporal lobe

Question 11

Where is the primary visual area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 11

Receives visual identification and is involved in visual perception. Located in the occipital lobe

Question 12

What is the visual association area responsible for? And where is it located?

Answer 12

interprets visual stimuli enabling us to recognise a face

Question 13

What is Sulci?

Answer 13

Shallower grooves in the brain

Question 14

What is Gyri

Answer 14

Folds that increase the surface area and make up the folded surface area of the cerebral cortex

Question 15

What is Fissure?

Answer 15

Deep grooves that subdivide the hemispheres

Question 16

What does the medulla oblongata control?

Answer 16

It controls involuntary functions of the respiratory, digestive, and circulatory systems.

Question 17

The limbic system contributes to _____ processing

Answer 17

Olfactory

Question 18

Which part of the brain manages balance and posture?

Answer 18

Cerebellum

Question 19

The part of the brain responsible for conscious thought, logic and memory is the

Answer 19

cerebrum

Question 20

The most superior part of the brain is the

Answer 20

cerebrum

Question 21

Visual stimuli are interpreted in which lobe of the brain?

Answer 21

occipital