Brain: Parts of brain Flashcards
Cerebral Cortex
Memory Attention Perception Thought Language Consciousness It lets us be aware of ourselves, names, to communicate & move voluntarily
Premotor cortex
plan movements
coordinate muscle movement
Frontal Lobe
Primary Motor cortex
Premotor Area
Motor Speech Area ( broca’s Area)
Prefrontal Area (judgement, hypofrontality)
Temporal Lobe
Primary auditory cortex
Auditory Association Area
Sensory Speech Area (Wernick’s Area-understanding words)
Parietal Lobe
Primary Somatic Sensory Cortex
Taste
Occipital Lobe
Visual Association Area
Visual Cortex
Primary Somatic Sensory Cortex
Receives stimulus from touch & proprioception
Somatosensory Association Cortex
produce a conscious understanding of the touch/proprioception stimulus received by the Primary Somatic Sensory Cortex associate with past experiences.
Put hand in bag and know without seeing it.
Thalamus
Relay Center
Hypothalamus
Visceral Control center
Regulation of internal organs
Homeostasis
Epithalamus
within the epithalamus is the pineal gland which secretes melatonin
Within the basal nuclei is the substantial nigra, what does it produce?
it contains the pigment melanin which is a precursor to the neurotransmitter dopamine
Pons
sleep, respiration, swallowing, bladder control, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movement, facial expressions, posture
Medulla Oblongata
Homeostasis
Adjusts heart rate, depth of breathing, vomiting, hiccuping, coughing, sneezing
Cerebellum
coordination
compares primary motor cortex with proprioceptors then makes adjustments.
riding a bike is stored here
