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Brain Parts Flashcards

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Telencephalon also known as:

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Cerebrum

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2
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Telencephalon attributes and parts

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Largest part of brain
Highly folded

Divided into cortex and white matter tracts

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Why is the telencephalon folded?

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Allows much more surface area to house neurons

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4
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Sulcus

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Grooves of folded areas

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5
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Gurus

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Ridges of folded areas

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Cortex

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Outer region of telencephalon made of gray matter

Holds neuron cell bodies

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Lobe

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Regions of cortex

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White matter tract

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Bundles of mostly myelinated axons deep to the cortex

Connect various regions of central nervous system together

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9
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White matter tract directions

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3 types:
1)association tract

2) projection tracts
3) commisural tracts

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10
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Association tracts

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Axons connect anterior and posterior regions within one hemisphere

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Projection tracts

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Connect vertical regions

Connects thalamus to tracts of spinal cords

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12
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Commisural tracts definition and example

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Connects laterally between hemisphere

Corpus callosum is an example

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13
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Lobe names

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Frontal lobe

Temporal lobe

Parietal lobe

Occipital lobe

Insula

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14
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Frontal lobe

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Centers for judgement and personality

Motor impulses start here

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15
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Broca’s area

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Area in left frontal lobe

Translates thoughts into speech

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16
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Temporal lobe

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Inferior to lateral sulcus

Receives auditory sensations
Contains auditory recognition and memory

17
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Wernicke’s area

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Region in left temporal lobe

Let’s person translate speech to thought

18
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Parietal lobe

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Receive all body sensations except for smell

Posterior to central sulcus

19
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Occipital lobe

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Receives visual sensations

Contains visual memory and recognition

Posterior most lobe

20
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Insula

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Hidden lobe, deep to temporal lobe

Related to short term memory and emotional memory

21
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Nuclei

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Scattered throughout white matter tracts

Clumps of neuron cell bodies

22
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Nuclei function

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Function in subconscious muscle movements

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