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Broadman Areas Flashcards

1
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How many different Broadman Areas are there?

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47

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What is the location of B.A. 1, 2, 3?

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Post-central gyrus

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Also known as the somesthetic cortex, these B.A. function to integrate pain, thermal, deep touch, light touch, vibratory, and kinesthetic sensations.

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1, 2, 3

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4
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Broadman Area ___ is located along the precentral gyrus and initiates voluntary motor functions. Especially in the distal extremities and facial and oral musculature.

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4

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5
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What is the location of B.A. 4?

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Pre-central gyrus

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6
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What B.A. is the primary auditory cortex, and where is it located?

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41, Superior Temporal Gyrus along Heschl’s gyrus.

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What is the function of B.A. 9, 10, 11, 12?

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Thoughts, reasoning, imagining, and emotions.

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What is the function of B.A. 4?

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Voluntary motor initiation

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What B.A.s can synthesize memory and sensations into creative functions such as reading writing and speaking.

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5, 7, 39, 40

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Lesions in this B.A. #___ are especially destructive resulting in forms of alexia and agraphia (deficiency in reading and writing respectively).

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39

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What is the location of B.A. #44?

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Frontal operculum along the lateral inferior surface of the frontal lobe.

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12
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What is the location of B.A. 6 and 8?

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Just in front of Broadman area 4. “Pre-motor” regions

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What is the location of B.A. 17 (primary visual cortex)?

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Along the calcarine sulcus

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14
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What B.A. is responsible for taste reception?

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43

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15
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B.A. 17 receives information from where?

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lateral geniculate body

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16
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Where is the location of B.A. #39?

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Angular gyrus

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17
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What B.A. do we “see” with?

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17

18
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What B.A. is Wernicke’s area and where is it located?

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22, surrounds B.A. 41 and extends nearly into the Parietal lobe

19
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Damage to what areas cause alexia and agraphia

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5,7, 39,40 (Mainly #39)

20
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What is the function of B.A. 22?

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Hearing memory. Also structures the formation of the written word.

21
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In what lobe or B.A. do our thoughts and reasoning occur?

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9, 10, 11, 12

22
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What B.A. senses the body’s position in space?

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1, 2, 3. Somesthetic cortex

23
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What neurons does B.A. 4 contain?

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Pyramidal or Betz cells

24
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B.A. 22 gets info from where?

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Parietal lobe (B.A. 5, 7, 39, 40) and the Occipital lobe (B.A. 17, 18, 19).

25
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What lamina of B.A. 9, 10, 11, 12 is well developed?

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II, III (the associative cortex)

26
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What is another name for B.A. 17?

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“striae cortex” because of a white band running through lamina IV

27
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What is the function of B.A. 43?

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Gustatory (taste)

28
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A leison in B.A. 18 and 19 may result in what?

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Prosopagnosia: can’t remember faces. Inhibition of correlating present images with past experience

29
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What lobe is involved in prefrontal lobotomies?

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9, 10, 11, 12

30
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What is the location of B.A.s 9, 10, 11, 12?

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Pre-frontal region of the anterior and rostral most parts of the frontal lobe

31
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Location of B.A. #39

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Angular gyrus

32
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Location of B.A. #4

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Pre-central gyrus

33
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Location of B.A. 6 and 8

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Just in front of B.A. 4 (pre-motor area)

34
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Function of B.A. 9, 10, 11, 12

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Thoughts, reasoning, imagination, and emotions

35
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Function of B.A. 1, 2, 3

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The Somesthetic area of the cortex. This is the body sensing area. Pain, thermal and touch sensations are first integrated here.

36
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QUIZ QUESTION

What pathway connects Broadman Area 22 to 44?

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Arcuate fasciculus

37
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QUIZ QUESTION

What area is the frontal operculum home to?

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44

38
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QUIZ QUESTION

What area receives input from the medial geniculate body?

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41

39
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QUIZ QUESTION

What sulcus runs through area 17?

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Calcarine

40
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QUIZ QUESTION

What area contains the Sensory Homunculus?

A

1, 2, 3

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