cerebral cortex

Question 1

describe the cerebral cortex

Answer 1

the brain’s thinking, calculating, organizing, and creative center

Question 2

what is the size of the cerebral cortex

Answer 2

1/8 inch thick, accounts for 80% of brain’s total mass

Question 3

what are the 4 lobes located in the cerebral cortex

Answer 3

occipital lobe
parietal lobe
frontal lobe
temporal lobe

Question 4

what is the corpus callosum

Answer 4

bundle of nerve fibers that connect the two hemispheres of the brain.
It allows them to share information.
It is how they communicate.

Question 5

describe the occipital lobe

Answer 5

process visual information

Question 6

describe the parietal lobe

Answer 6

process PPTT- pressure, pain, touch, and temperature.

Contains the somatosensory cortex.

Question 7

describe the frontal lobe

Answer 7

solve problems, make decisions, process emotional states, weigh evidence, and carry out coordinated action; contains the motor cortex, and the Broca’s Area- speech production.

Question 8

describe the temporal lobe

Answer 8

process hearing, language, comprehension (Wericke’s Area)

Question 9

describe association areas

Answer 9

found in each lobe
responsible for putting sensory information together to form meaningful perceptions of the world.
The cortex is where all our higher order consciousness and perception originates.