Brain- Cerebrum Flashcards
An outer rim of gray matter containing billions of neurons
Cerebral cortex
Deep to the cortex is?
Cerebral white matter
There is also gray matter nuclei?
Deep within the white matter
What are the folds in the brain?
Gyrus
Shallow groove between gyri
Sulcus
What are the deeper grooves between gyri
Fissures
What separates the cerebrum into right and left hemispheres?
Longitudinal fissure
The gyri and fissures are formed when?
During embryonic development when gray matter of the cortex enlarges faster than deeper white matter
What is the largest fiber bundle of the brain that communicated by means of commissure?
Corpus callosum
What separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe?
Central sulcus
What separates the frontal and temporal lobes
Lateral cerebral sulcus
Separates the parietal lobe from the occipital lobe
Parietal- occipital