cerebral cortex

Question 1

name d 4 lobes of the cerebral cortex

Answer 1

occipital
temporal
parietal
frontal

Question 2

name the 2 association Areas of the cerebral cortex

Answer 2

primary motor cortex- sends messages to muscle and glands (deals with voluntary movements)

primary somatosensory cortex- registers sensory messages from the entire body.

Question 3

the cerebral cortex Accounts for _____ of the brain’s weight and contains _____of the neurons in the CNS.

Answer 3

80%
70%

Question 4

Receives and processes visual information

Answer 4

Occipital lobe

Question 5

Complex visual tasks such as face recognition
Receives and processed auditory information
Involved in balance, some emotions and motivations
Some language processing

Answer 5

Temporal lobe

Question 6

Receives sensory information from body
Involved in spatial abilities

Answer 6

Parietal lobe

Question 7

Coordinated information from other lobes

Controls voluntary movement, attention, setting goals, and expression of appropriate emotions

Answer 7

Frontal lobe