Brain Quiz Flashcards by Gabby Santor

Sulcus

Shallow grooves

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Fissures

Deeper grooves

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Primary somatic sensory area

Parietal lobe

Impulses traveling from the bodies receptors

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Visual area

Occipital lobe

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Auditory area

Temporal lobe

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Olfactory area

Deep inside temporal lobe

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Primary motor area

Frontal lobe

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Broca’s area

Base of precentral gyrus

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Higher intellectual reasoning

Anterior of frontal lobe

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Speech area

Temporal
Parietal
Occipital

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Name the lobes of the cerebrum

Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital

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Cerebral gray matter

Highly ridged

Senses and movement

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Cerebral white matter

Impulses to from and within the cortex

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Basal nuclei

Islands of gray matter

Voluntary motor

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Thalamus

Relay center

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Hypothalamus

Blood pressure
Heart rate
Breathing
Etc.

Epithalamus

Pineal glands secret melatonin

Midbrain

Vision and hearing

Pons

Bridge of conduction tracts for midbrain and medulla

Medulla oblongata

Crosses

Contains nuclei that regulate viral visceral activities

Cerebellum

2 hemispheres
Skeletal muscle activities
Balance and equilibrium

Protection of brain

Out to in

Skin 
Bone
Dura mater
Subdural space
Arachnoid mater 
Subarachnoid space 
Pia mater

Gyrus

Elevated ridges