Cerebral cortex

Question 1

_______ = dealing with one area

Answer 1

unimodal

Question 2

_______ = dealing with more than one modality

Answer 2

polymodal/heteromodal

Question 3

What are the 3 types of white matter fiber tracts in the cortex?

Answer 3

1. Commissural
2. Projection
3. Association

Question 4

The _____ ______ ______ connects the frontal and parietal lobes.

Answer 4

superior longitudinal fasciculus

Question 5

The _____ ______-_____ _______ connects the frontal and occipital bones

Answer 5

inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus

Question 6

The ____ ______ connects the frontal and temporal lobes.

Answer 6

uncinate fasciculus

Question 7

The _______ ______ connects the two language areas.

Answer 7

arcuate fasciiculus

Question 8

The CST travels through the _______ limb of the internal capsule.

Answer 8

posterior

Question 9

The internal capsule projects to other areas via the _______ ______.

Answer 9

corona radiata

Question 10

What artery supplies the posterior limb of the internal capsule?

Answer 10

lenticulo-striate artery

Question 11

The leg is represented on the _______ side of the supplementary motor complex (SMC), and this area is supplied by the ________ cerebral artery.

Answer 11

medial; anterior

Question 12

The ______ cerebral artery supplies the lateral side of the cortex.

Answer 12

middle

Question 13

Lesions to the primary motor cortex = _______.

Answer 13

paralysis

Question 14

Lesions to the motor association area = _______.

Answer 14

apraxia

Question 15

Lesion to the _______ sensory area = poor localization of sensory stimuli

Answer 15

primary

Question 16

Lesion to the sensory association area = what two possibilities ?

Answer 16

1. tactile agnosia

2. astereognosis

Question 17

________ agnosia = inability to interpret the significance of sensory information

Answer 17

tactile

Question 18

_________ = the inability to recognize an object placed the hand

Answer 18

astereognosis

Question 19

_______ organization = how pitch is represented at the primary auditory cortex.

Answer 19

tonotopic

Question 20

______ = involved in addiction and processing taste.

Answer 20

insula

Question 21

Parietal association areas = involved in what three things ?

Answer 21

1. Attention
2. Awareness of self
3. Awareness of extrapersonal space

Question 22

What is the role of the connection between the parietal and frontal areas?

Answer 22

focus on stimulus and filter out direction

Question 23

Attention to the R side of the world is controlled by both hemispheres, so a stroke to the left hemisphere will not result in right neglect (T/F).

Answer 23

TRUE

Question 24

Attention to the L side of the world is controlled by both hemispheres, so a stroke to the right hemisphere will not result in left neglect (T/F).

Answer 24

FASLE

Question 25

______ association areas = recognition

Answer 25

temporal

Question 26

The ________ gyrus = visual stimuli are linked to meaning and recognition

Answer 26

fusiform

Question 27

Damage to the medial temporal lobe will lead to __________.

Answer 27

prosopagnosia

Question 28

Where are social relationships governed in the brain?

Answer 28

frontal association areas

Question 29

The frontal association areas are highly connected with ________ centers like the limbic system,.

Answer 29

emotional

Question 30

________ aphasia = expressive or motor aphasia

Answer 30

broca’s

Question 31

_________ aphasia = receptive or sensory aphasia

Answer 31

wernicke’s

Question 32

________ aphasia = difficulty repeating words; both comprehension and production of words is intact

Answer 32

conduction

Question 33

What are the symptoms of broca’s aphasia?

Answer 33

non fluent speech, difficulty with syntax, comprehension intact

Question 34

What are the symptoms of wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 34

fluent speech, syntax, grammar and structure of words is intact; difficulty with speech comprehension; non-sensical words and sentences