Brain - Nervous System Lec 1

Question 1

What is Exeners Area important for?

Answer 1

Hand Movement

Question 2

What is Brocas Area involved in?

Answer 2

Verbal response

Question 3

What is the job of the pre motor cortex?

Answer 3

Planning

Question 4

What is the Supramarginal gyrus for?

Answer 4

Reading

Question 5

What is the Angular gyrus for?

Answer 5

Writing

Question 6

What is Wernicke’s area for?

Answer 6

Speech and tone interpretation

Question 7

What is the lateral fissure?

Answer 7

deep grove along the middle of the brain horizontally

Question 8

What is the difference between a fissure and a sulci?

Answer 8

Fissures are deep, sulci are shallower

Question 9

What are Gyri?

Answer 9

the folds

Question 10

What is aphasia?

Answer 10

loss of language

Question 11

What happens in the cingulate gyrus?

Answer 11

Balance of fight/flight and logical thoughts

Question 12

What are the functions of the Frontal Association Cortex?

Answer 12

Intelligence, Personality, Behaviour, Mood, Cognitive Function, Flight/fight, Moralistic Thinking

Question 13

What are the functions of the Temporal association cortex?

Answer 13

Mood, Memory, Intelligence and Aggression

Question 14

What are the functions of the Parietal association cortex?

Answer 14

Spatial skills and 3D recognition = face, shapes, abstract thinking and concepts

Question 15

What occurs in the non-dominant hemisphere (right)?

Answer 15

non verbal language, emotional expression, spatial skills, conceptual understanding, artistic/musical skills