cerebral hemispheres Flashcards
the brain developed from the ______ composed of _______
neural tube, neuroepithelium
embryonic brain regions
forebrain midbrain hindbrain
forebrain derivatives
telencephalon diencephalon
midbrain derivatives
mesencephalon
hindbrain
metencephalon myelencephalon
what does the telencephalon form in the child/adult brain structure
cerebrum (includes cerebral cortex, white matter, basal nuclei)
functions of the frontal lobe
executive functions, thinking, planning, organizing and problem solving, emotions and beavioral control, personality
functions of the parietal lobe
perception, making sense of the world, arithmetic, spelling
function of occipital love
vision
function of the medulla oblangata
breathing, heart rate, respiration
–Last region in the cortex before motor information descends to lower regions of the nervous system
primary motor cortex
_______ is the first region in the cortex to receive sensory information
•Primary Sensory Cortex