Cerebral Cortex (Module 12)

Question 1

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 1

Regulating most complex behavior including sensations, motor control, and higher mental processes.

Question 2

Corpus Callosum

Answer 2

Band of fibers that connect hemispheres.

Question 3

Glial Cells

Answer 3

Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons.

Question 4

Frontal Lobe

Answer 4

involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments.

Question 5

Parietal Lobe

Answer 5

includes the sensory cortex and processes somatic information.

Question 6

Occipital Lobe

Answer 6

include the visual areas, which receive visual information from the opposite visual field.

Question 7

Temporal Lobe

Answer 7

Auditory areas.

Question 8

Motor Cortex

Answer 8

Rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements.

Question 9

Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 9

Area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body sensation.

Question 10

Association Areas

Answer 10

Not involved in primary motor or sensory functions. They are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking and speaking.

Question 11

Aphasia

Answer 11

Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage.

Question 12

Broca’s Area (Paul Broca)

Answer 12

Areas of the brain controlling muscles related to speech

Damage to this area results in impaired speaking.

Question 13

Wernicke’s Area (Carl Wernicke)

Answer 13

Damage to this area causes impaired understanding of meanings of words.