Cerebral cortex Flashcards

Frontal Lobe
Precentral Gyri
Primary Motor Region
• fine motor movement

Frontal lobe
Superior and Middle Frontal Gyri
Premotor Cortex
• initiation of motor activity and gross motor acts

Frontal Lobe
MIddle Frontal Gyrus
Frontal Eye Field
• voluntary
GRAY AREA

Prefrontal Cortex
Cognition

Occipital Lobe
LIngual gyrus
Primary visual cortex

Occipital Lobe
Cuneus
Primary visual cortex

Temporal Lobe
Transverse Temporal Gyri
Primary Audiotory Cortex

Temporal lobe
Postcentral Gyrus
Primary Somesthetic Cortex
• touch, pressure, position

Parietal Lobe
Superior Parietal Lobe
Somatosensory Association Cortex

Parietal Lobe
Inferior Parietal Lobule
Multisensory Association Cortex

Occipital lobe
Occipital Gyrus
Visual Association Cortex

Temporal lobe
Superior Temporal Gyrus
Auditory Association cortex
• Wernike’s Area

Frontal lobe
Inferior Frontal Gyrus
Motor Speech (Broca’s area)

Frontal lobe
Paracentral Lobule
Primary Motor and Sensory Cortex
associated with Lower Limb

Parahippocampal Gyrus
- Rostral
- Entorhinal cortex
Olfactory system

Limbic lobe
Cingulate gyrus
Limbic system

Hippocampus
Limbic System (emotion, memory)

Temporal lobe
Memory Storage
(Long term storage)