Brodmann's Areas Quiz

Question 1

what brodmann area is located in the precentral gyrus of the frontal lobes

Answer 1

brodmann area 4

Question 2

where is brodmann area 4 located

Answer 2

precentral gyrus of the frontal lobe

Question 3

what is the function of brodmann area 4

Answer 3

motor initiation in the distal extremities and facial and oral musculature

Question 4

what is the only brodmann area to contain the giant pyramidal (Betz) cells

Answer 4

brodmann area 4

Question 5

brodmann area 4 is the only one to contain

Answer 5

giant pyramidal (Betz) cells

Question 6

brodmann area 4 has well developed what

Answer 6

projection laminae (V and VI).

Question 7

what brodmann area is in the post central gyrus of the parietal lobe

Answer 7

brodmann area 1, 2, 3

Question 8

where is brodmann areas 1, 2, 3 located

Answer 8

post central gyrus of the parietal lobe

Question 9

what are the brodmann areas 1, 2, 3 known as

Answer 9

somesthetic cortex (body sensing)

Question 10

what brodmann areas are known as the somesthetic cortex

Answer 10

brodmann areas 1, 2, 3

Question 11

what is received and integrated in brodmann areas 1, 2, 3

Answer 11

pain, thermal, deep touch, light touch, vibratory and kinesthetic

Question 12

what is well developed in brodmann areas 1, 2, 3

Answer 12

lamina IV (also lamina V, VI)

Question 13

what would you expect to be abundant in brodmann areas 1, 2, 3

Answer 13

specific thalamic efferents from the VPL and VPM

Question 14

the great somesthetic cortex is subtly contributing what to the voluntary motor initiation pathways

Answer 14

pyramidal fibers

Question 15

what are brodmann areas 6 and 8 collectively called

Answer 15

“premotor” region

Question 16

what brodmann areas are known as the “premotor” region

Answer 16

brodmann areas 6 and 8

Question 17

brodmann area 6 is best known for its eventual influence on what

Answer 17

proximal portions of our extremities

Question 18

what does brodmann area 8 initiate

Answer 18

voluntary movements of the eyes

Question 19

What brodmann area is responsible for voluntary movements of our eyes

Answer 19

Brodmann area 8

Question 20

Fibers from brodmann area 8 stimulate lower motor neurons that move what

Answer 20

Six extraocular eye muscles

Question 21

Where is the location of the lower motor neurons that are stimulated by brodmann area 8

Answer 21

Nuclei of CN III, IV, VI

Question 22

What is brodmann area 9,10,11,12 known as

Answer 22

Prefrontal region

Question 23

What brodmann areas are known as the prefrontal region?

Answer 23

Brodmann areas 9,10,11,12

Question 24

Where are brodmann areas 9,10,11,12 located

Answer 24

Frontal lobe

Question 25

What is highly developed in brodmann areas 9,10,11,12

Answer 25

Laminae II and III

Question 26

Where does our greatest elaboration of thought occur

Answer 26

Brodmann areas 9,10,11,12

Question 27

What is brodmann areas 9,10,11,12 responsible for

Answer 27

1. Greatest elaboration of thought 2. Including abstract reasoning 3. Imaginative and emotional uniqueness

Question 28

What houses brodmann area 44

Answer 28

Frontal operculum

Question 29

What lobe is Broca's area located in

Answer 29

Frontal lobe

Question 30

What is brodmann area 44 called

Answer 30

Broca's speech area

Question 31

Association afferent fibers stream into Broca's from the wholy integrated circuitry of what lobe(s)

Answer 31

Parietal and temporal lobes

Question 32

What is brodmann area 44 responsible for

Answer 32

Tongue, laryngeal and pharyngeal musculature in the process of speaking, writing, and signing.

Question 33

What brodmann area is responsible for initiating tongue, laryngeal and pharyngeal musculature in the process of speaking, writing, and signing

Answer 33

Brodmann area 44

Question 34

What is aphasia

Answer 34

Loss of power to communicate through writing, speaking, or signs.

Question 35

What is dysphasia

Answer 35

Partial or unusual loss of communicative ability

Question 36

What are brodmann areas 17,18,19 collectively known as

Answer 36

Visual cortex

Question 37

Where is brodmann area 17 located

Answer 37

Along calcarine sulcus

Question 38

What brodmann area is known as the primary visual cortex

Answer 38

Brodmann area 17

Question 39

In what brodmann area do we "see"

Answer 39

Brodmann area 17

Question 40

What is brodmann area 17 responsible for

Answer 40

"See"; including perception of some motion, illumination, and transparency

Question 41

What brodmann area is known as the "striate cortex"

Answer 41

Brodmann area 17

Question 42

What are brodmann areas 18 and 19 responsible for

Answer 42

Integrating and memory storage for visual sensations.

Question 43

What does a lesion in brodmann areas 18 or 19 inhibit

Answer 43

Inhibit correlating present images with past experiences.

Question 44

"Face blindness"

Answer 44

Prosopagnosia

Question 45

What is macula lutea

Answer 45

Part of retina that has clearest vision so we try to focus light on this area.

Question 46

What is brodmann area 41 known as

Answer 46

Primary auditory cortex

Question 47

Where is the primary auditory cortex located

Answer 47

Transverse temporal gyrus

Question 48

What is the name of the medial extension of the transverse temporal gyrus

Answer 48

Heschl's gyrus

Question 49

Where does input come from in brodmann area 41

Answer 49

Medial geniculate body

Question 50

In this brodmann area we "hear" -including integration of pitch, tone, loudness

Answer 50

Brodmann area 41

Question 51

What is brodmann area 41 responsible for

Answer 51

"Hearing" - integration, tone, loudness

Question 52

What brodmann area is Wernicke's area

Answer 52

Brodmann area 22

Question 53

What is the name of brodmann area 22

Answer 53

Wernicke's area

Question 54

What is Wernicke's area responsible for

Answer 54

Hearing memory function

Question 55

What is brodmann area 22 extensively utilized for bringing together

Answer 55

Structure of an utterance or for the formation of the written word

Question 56

Brodmann area 22 utilizes input from many sources such as

Answer 56

Parietal lobe and occipital lobe

Question 57

A lesion in Wernicke's area could result in what kind of manifestation of dysphasia

Answer 57

Syntax makes no sense; | Answers do not correlate w/ questions

Question 58

What brodmann areas are sandwiched between the somesthetic, auditory, and visual receptive regions

Answer 58

Brodmann areas 5,7,39,40

Question 59

What are brodmann areas 5,7,39,40 responsible for

Answer 59

Synthesizing memory and sensation into creative functions such as reading, writing, and language in general.

Question 60

What is brodmann area 39 called

Answer 60

Angular gyrus

Question 61

Lesions in the angular gyrus are especially destructive resulting in what

Answer 61

Forms of alexia and agraphia (total loss in reading and writing, respectively)

Question 62

What is the pathway between Wernicke's area and Broca's area

Answer 62

Arcuate fasciculus

Question 63

What is active when we are using tools

Answer 63

Arcuate fasciculus

Question 64

Where is brodmann area 43 located

Answer 64

Parietal operculum

Question 65

What is brodmann area 43 responsible for

Answer 65

Gustatory center (taste reception)

Question 66

What are our first memories of

Answer 66

Smells

Question 67

What happens in brodmann area 34 and 28

Answer 67

Interpretation of olfaction

Question 68

In what brodmann area does interpretation of olfaction happen

Answer 68

Brodmann area 34 and 28

Question 69

Where is Brodmann area 34 located

Answer 69

Uncus

Question 70

Where is brodmann area 28 located

Answer 70

Parahippacampal gyrus of the temporal lobe

Question 71

Functions typically lateralized to the left

Answer 71

``` Speech; Linear reasoning; Tool use; Vocabulary; Grammar ```

Question 72

Functions typically lateralized to the right

Answer 72

Spatial manipulations; Prosodic language; Singing